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Thursday, October 20, 2011

German navy receives missiles

FGS Braunschweig (F 260) (K130 class)The German navy has received the first long-range RBS15 Mk 3 series missiles made by Diehl BGT Defense of Germany and Sweden's Saab Bofors Dynamics.

The heavy, anti-ship missile Mk3 will form the main armament of the new K-130 corvette of the German navy, enabling the force to engage maritime surface targets and targets ashore.

The long-range, all-weather-capable, fire-and-forget guided missile tracks targets at sea-skimming height and over distances well beyond 124 miles, the German Defense Agency, BWB, said.

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