Advanced Short Range Air Defence Missile System
ASRAD-R is a modular air defence concept with features such as:
• 3D surveillance search and acquisition radar
• Automatic functions from target detection to missile tracking
• Remotely-controlled sensor and weapon platform
• Line-of-Sight guidance, unjammable laser beam riding missile
ASRAD-R is an all-target missile system with high precision at long ranges down to ground level, for self defence also against armoured ground targets, well suited for protection of mobile units and defence of vital objects.
The BOLIDE missile for ASRAD-R utilises the unique and unjammable laser beam guidance of the RBS 70 and provides an intercept range of 8 km. With the BOLIDE missile, the ASRAD-R has an all-target capability, including small targets such as cruise missiles and UAVs.
The ASRAD-R weapon system comprises a stabilised air defence platform for integration on vehicles, containerised or pallet mounted, and a weapon control unit for remote control up to 100 m from the platform.
ASRAD-R can be mounted on almost any tracked or wheeled vehicle providing the required mobility and protection to match the unit to be defended. The flexible and modular design enable customised solutions.
In a fully autonomous fire unit, the HARD 3D radar with integrated IFF system is mounted on the top. The radar can also be installed on a separate vehicle to operate together with a number of fire units. The complete platform can be folded and lowered into the vehicle during transport. However, any configuration can have Battlefield Management/C4I integration.
ASRAD-R – A joint venture
The ASRAD-R project entails the close co-operation of Saab Bofors Dynamics, Saab Microwave Systems and Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH. It is based on the ASRAD platform, used in the German LeFlaSys programme and the laser beam riding BOLIDE missile.
A containerised version of ASRAD-R called Container Mounted Air Defence (CMAD), mounted on a Mercedes Unimog 5000 vehicle, has been developed and is in production for the Finnish Defence Forces.
System performance
With all subsystems and all command and control units integrated with the platform, ASRAD-R has the following:
• 24 hours capability
• Automatic target designation and target tracking, with manual override
• Four ready-to-fire BOLIDE missiles (or other RBS 70 missiles)
• All-target and armour-piercing capability (incl. ground targets)
• Intercept range 8 km
• GPS navigation and positioning
• Data/Voice Communication
• 3D radar with 20 km surveillance on-the-move capabilities
The platform can, in the folded transport position, be protected against fragments and comes close to stealth protection in some applications. The low profile of the vehicle and folded platform make ASRAD-R air-transportable in most transport aircraft.
The total weight of the platform, including weapon control equipment and the HARD 3D radar, is less than 1,000 kg.
ASRAD-R has the potential of becoming an integrated part of an air defence network system. A complete exchange of data between co-operating ASRAD-R units provides for the optimisation of all air defence efforts. This also increases the units’ level of survivability. Parts of the command, control, communication and computers can be customised.
