German Navy’s corvette Oldenburg has test-fired RBS 15 anti-ship missile for the first time

The German Navy’s corvette Oldenburg (F263) has test-fired RBS 15 anti-ship missile in Norway for the first time.

The relevant statement was made by the German Navy.

RBS 15 anti-ship missiles in the Mk3 version were launched, without a warhead, at a land-based target.

“Oldenburg has now provided evidence that the Navy can use high-precision long-range weapons against targets far offshore. This step now officially allows corvettes to hit targets from the sea on a wide strip of land,” the statement reads.

The Oldenburg Corvette (F263) is the fourth ship of the Braunschweig class of the German Navy.

The ship was laid on January 19, 2006 and launched on June 28, 2007 in Hamburg. It started working on January 21, 2013.

Corvettes of the K130 Braunschweig class have reduced radar and infrared signatures.

The corvette of this class has a length of 89.12 m, a width of 13.28 m and a draft of 3.4 m. They develop a maximum speed of 26 knots (48 km / h; 30 miles per hour).

The RBS 15 (Robotsystem 15) is a long-range fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile.

A later version of the Mk3 can also attack land-based targets. The missile was developed by the Swedish company Saab Bofors Dynamics.

The RBS 15 anti-ship missile has a length of 4.35 m, a fuselage diameter of 0.5 m and a wingspan of 1.4 m.

Launch and flight mass of the missile 800 kg and 650 kg respectively. It can hit targets up to 200 km, moving at a subsonic speed of Mach 0.9.