ASRAD-R

All you want to know about ASRAD-R

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ASRAD-R (Advanced Short Range Air Defence System - RBS) is a German designed vehicle-mounted short-range surface-to-air missile system, utilizing the Swedish BOLIDE laser-guided SAM missile, and the Ericsson Microwave System HARD 3D radar.

The weapon system can fire four RBS 70 missiles, with the system being marketed with the modernized version, called BOLIDE.

The ASRAD-R system has been developed by the German Rheinmetall Defence Electronics, in conjunction with Saab Bofors Dynamics (basing the technology on the Saab Bofors Bolide Missile and the Ericsson Microwave Systems HARD 3D search radar.

Finland placed the first order in August 2002. The Finnish systems are mounted on Sisu Nasus (4 units) and Mercedes-Benz Unimog 5000 L/38 4x4s (12 units). Each battery also has four RBS 70 MANPADS launchers with Bolide missiles.

Specifications

Ceiling: 5,000 m
Max Range: 8,000 m
Max Weight: 900 kg
Min Range: 200 m

Operators

Finland - designated ItO 2005. 16 vehicle mounted units, some MANPADS units^{[citation needed]}, which equals four batteries (one each for the three rapid reaction forces, and one for the capital area, as a complement for other SAM systems).