The RBS-15 "Robotsystem 15" anti-ship missile review | SHIP KILLER MISSILE

[@_Matsimus_]

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[@JuanLopez-qx6wn]

Rock on bruv!! 💪🤘

[@Jreg1992]

JASSM is my favorite because it looks like it shares parts or manufactured similar to boeing's and Lockheed's unmanned wingmen. But by all means, harpoon can be mass produced and make more total impacts.

[@Iamabot4708]

I've said this before but I think the long range anti-ship missile what should be given the capability to fire from coastal defense batteries and hit land-based targets. I'm willing to bet money that if it could do those two additional things the polish would not have bought the robosystem15 over lrasm.

[@brianv1988]

Can you do a video on the Naval Strike missile NSM

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

He's alive!

[@jonnyhjalmarsson9057]

The RBS15 Mk3 is "old" RBS15 Gungnir is the newest and has a range of 300km+

[@SNixD]

Yeah, the Gungnir is more a new missile than just an upgrade. Another interesting capability is cooperation, where two or more missiles can communicate and plan their routes to a target so that they arrive at the same time from different directions.

[@bulthaosen1169]

​@@SNixDthat's what most cruise missiles do.......

[@notaseriousbeaver]

​@@SNixDThat function exists for the Mk3 too, ie to arrive simultaneously from different angles

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

​@@SNixDor so they say.

[@matsimento]

mk4 "gungnir" is still in early development. will probably not hit the market (pun intended) for another six-seven years. Mk1 (air-to-surface), Mk2 (surface-to-surface) are still stockpiled and in active use.

[@YepTriedToTellYou]

Sweden has innovated some truly fine arms. This is no exception.

[@efcpl]

It started already in the 16th century. Sweden was always at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so it was necessary to have extra good weapons. So it started with the Swedish artillery then and continues today. One thing is certain with made in Sweden. It's a damn good weapon.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@YepTriedToTellYou Sverige du krona över världen

[@TzunSu]

@@efcpl Yup, the Swedes basically invented the light and fast mobile artillery.

[@hansericsson7058]

Gugnir is the name of Odins spear by the way and it never missed a target.

[@5.56mm]

Gungnir (Gungner in Swedish)

[@Joakim-j7h]

He didnt even have to hit with, it killed the Asgards enemies by just passing over them. ;)

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@hansericsson7058 next weapon - Gere and Freke. What should they do?

[@dixonqwerty]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT chew its way through ships lol

[@SonOfVulkan]

I used to work in a factory that produced antiship/countermeasures. We had an orientation day, were ex naval commanders came in and explained the radar pings that we, as a factory, helped keep our troops safe, I felt like a hero on that day

[@a_catfish5180]

It’s like with planes. The pilot gets all the game but the people that design, maintain, and build the planes and everything that goes into them are the real heroes

[@DCLXV2]

That's basically what I do currently, I clicked on this video because I work at Saab

[@Vonstab]

The RBS 15 has an interesting story as it was a missile that the Swedish navy did not want, they had selected the Harpoon as the weapon of choice for the new generation of FACs. SAAB got very nervous at this since the navy going with Harpoon greatly increased the chances of the air force selecting Harpoon as the replacement for the air launched RBS 04. So SAAB used a massive amount of political influence to convince the then government that they could design an upgraded version of the RBS 04 that met the navy requirements without significantly delaying the introduction of modern SSMs on the Norrköping class. Of course it turned out that SAAB very much underestimated the time it would take and the navy had to wait for years before the missiles were actually delivered. On the positive side it was still a remarkably short development period for what turned out to be effectively a new missile system and an excellent system at that.

[@harri9885]

Finnish navy ships and truck mounted on-shore launcher platforms were a big customer of the RBS-15 during the cold war. If I remember correctly it was also used by Swedish JA-37 Viggen as a heavy antiship missile that could use a pre-programmed pseudorandom route to distract AA fire. It is an awesome missile, especially for its time, it was definitely way ahead of the competition.

[@Vonstab]

@harri9885 The upgraded AJS-37 could carry the RBS-15 but the original AJ-37 was restricted to the RBS-04 for the entire Cold War. The air launched RBS-15 was really designed for use by the Gripen rather than the older Viggen. It is just that at the time no one expected the serious troubles and delays that the Gripen would experience due to the problems with its fly by wire system.

[@valentinmagnenat3159]

maybe you can help me get if there’s an error at 1:something, because I thought sweden put in service the world’s first ship-to-surface missile with the RB-08 in ‘66. Was it that obsolete compared to the rest of the world already in the 70’s ? sounds strange

[@Vonstab]

@@valentinmagnenat3159 RB08 was essentially a repurposed French target drone, it was a large and heavy system that could only be carried by the largest destroyers in Swedish service. By the 1970s the navy had finally accepted that they would never get the funding needed to build new destroyers and frigates. The future was missile armed fast attack craft and small corvettes. So the navy needed a missile that could be fitted to the new Norrköping class as well as to the older Spica class. Rb08 served on as the missiles were transferred to the heavy missile batteries of the Costal Artillery where they remained until 1995.

[@BooleanDisorder]

Weird, I haven't gotten a recommendation from your channel for months despite showing interest in military stuff through my activity. And yes, I am subscribed.

[@pashapasovski5860]

Same here

[@TzunSu]

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[@john_in_phoenix]

Big market in the first island chain for this capability. The Philippines, and Vietnam, etc.

[@NovaLand]

the 200km distance is making sure sweden can technically cover all of the balitc sea from land based launches. Not the gulf of finland, gulf of riga and bay of gdansk mind you, but the rest of it... And if it's more than 200, then perhaps those areas are covered too... and when it's launched from a jas 39 or a gotland class ship, those are ARE covered too...

[@TWFydGlu]

The range is greater than 200km though.

[@herptek]

Finnish shore batteries cover the Gulf of Finland and Estonia actually purchased ground based anti-ship missiles as well. NATO has a pretty good grip on the Baltic Sea. Everything is covered by the range of weapons if they are properly positioned for maximum coverage and there is no point which couldn't be hit.

[@billynomates920]

that coming for a rib is what they call overmatch :)

[@Knoparen99]

Not if the rib boat is transports a tactical nuclear weapon. ;)

[@danielfrisk925]

The swedish fast Visby stealth corvettes armed by these - are some ridiculously effective killers, and a pure nightmare for the enemies navy. Basicaly the ship equivalent of snipers.

[@jaymacpherson8167]

Having a relative who worked on a US missile from its inception, who shared the range of the device, I chuckled when I saw the range quoted in Jane’s. The actual range was substantially further than the Jane’s value.

[@Keiseru]

Yup. Same with RBS :):

[@ph6560]

Great video on the magnificent RBS-15 Mk III. If you have the chance and more data on the RBS-15 Mk IV soon become available, it'd be fantastic if you made a follow-up review on that one as well. Now, I'm excited and find it a brilliant idea that you dig into the premium, both cruise- and ballistic missiles that the market has to offer. Moreover, I'm particularly interested to learn about the Taurus in more detail. Which for that matter as well is predominantly a Swedish invention and innovation. So: *_Can't wait for the upcoming review on the Taurus!_*

[@-NiEr]

A Saab Gripen E fighter can carry four of these missiles...

[@a_catfish5180]

Appalling day to be on a ship

[@Emperorvalse]

Yes but on very short missions or lots of tanker support.

[@a_catfish5180]

@ only need to get into a firing position as the missile definitely has good stand-off distance

[@herptek]

​@@EmperorvalseThe Baltic Sea is pretty cramped. There is not a point in it that would be very far from the nearest air base. Even just shore batteries could cover a significant area of the Baltic Sea.

[@arvidekstrom7398]

I used to hang these on gripens during my military service, beautiful plane and missile!

[@ghansu]

Finland as a long term user of RBS-15 switched using Gabriel in 2019 atleast in ships.

[@jannegrey]

I do know that Poland indeed likes this missile a lot - and we use both RBS 15 Mk.3 and NSM - though in different roles. It's certainly on the expensive side, but it has a large warhead and can be fired by basically anything that has a link to radar system that is compatible. And SAAB and others make sure that it is compatible with wide variety of systems. Location of launch site is quite independent from the radar and large warhead and very advanced guidance system make probability of hit quite high. Especially since against well defended target you will likely use the volley of 2-4 missiles approaching from different quadrants to the target. It also doesn't have problems using islands and other terrain features as cover, so the enemy that doesn't have AWACS will have little time to prepare for the attack. It's only issue performance wise is that it doesn't have very high speed. Though to use it against this missile you do have to detect it first and this is more tricky than the non-stealthy appearance of the missile suggests (unless again, you have AWACS in the air that's capable of either helping a plane or ship to launch a counter missile) - generally speaking detecting stuff over the water if the sea isn't super calm is much more difficult than people realize. Most ships that I know go with something like 4+4, 4+8 or even 8+8 or 8+16 configurations. That gives them ability to attack with high probability of hit at least 2 targets that are capable of defending themselves at the same time. Or one target that is very well defended and needs to be hit (and when that missile hits it does substantial damage). The 4+4 configuration simply means that ship carries 4 pods ready for launch and 4 for reload, which can be moderately fast (takes a good crew at most 15 minutes - real time is classified AFAIK). I do remember that some Polish ships did carry 4+8 for 2 full reloads. But some things changed when switching from Mk 2 to Mk 3, so I'm no longer certain. I do know that usually they go with 4+4 though, because we have limited number of missiles and reloading twice is considered "unlikely". And I've also seen containers being stored in such a way that they certainly looked like they could fire "reloads" at the same time as regular missiles. But I have no idea how "official" that was. But since couple of years ago our military journals did talk about it, I don't consider it something that is classified. Just something that navy doesn't confirm or maybe did as a "fake-out" to bamboozle people ;)

[@jukeseyable]

Nordic stuff is always reassuringly expensive, but you get what you pay for

[@dan7564]

Hey thanks for that info! It's something I've ways been confused about. If matisimus is right and it's not uncommon for 20 missiles to get shot down. Why does my countries big ships just have 8 mounted on top? Would it need a lot more to take out one other surface combatant?

[@jannegrey]

@@dan7564 Depends - what kind of missiles? RBS 15 Mk.3? No probably not, since you can plan a route in such a way that each will attack from different quadrant at the same time. This isn't very easy to answer, but 20 missiles is usually for something like high flying Russian missiles that even if they do not fly very high - it's much higher than 5 meters and one of them pops up to have you on the radar. Also depends what kind of defense system you use. For RBS 15 Mk.3 to be ineffective, you'd have to use CIWS and probably something like short range anti missiles (RIM-116) AND have radars capable of observing every quadrant of the ship independently and even then the system (RBS 15 Mk.3) has a decent chance that one of them will manage to get through. That's a discussion honestly for a separate video, because that's a big topic.

[@TzunSu]

@@dan7564 Swedish doctrine is to fire 2 missiles at large surface targets, with the expectation that it will lead to a sinking, that's how reliable they are. We don't really have any good indications for how well anti-missile countermeasures work against modern ASMs, because except for the cruiser Moskva being sunk by a Ukrainian ASM, none have been fired in anger. And none of those missiles were hit at all.

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

For the algorithm!!!! May you channel rise beyond it's former glory!! Interesting weapon system, butas with all weapons if not used wisely might turn out to be a heavy paperweigth. I believe however it is indeed a capable system.

[@anthonykaiser974]

Interesting stuff. Like the rocket assisted launch of an air breather.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Most cruise missiles with turbo jet engines have this. Since the engines are made to be as small as possible to save weight, they don't have the power to lift the rockets off the ground.

[@bulthaosen1169]

So basically all cruise missile?

[@skunkjobb]

Not only "like", it's precisely what it is.

[@anthonykaiser974]

@skunkjobb wrong usage of "like."

[@anthonykaiser974]

@@minhducnguyen9276 makes sense. Never watched one closely on launch before.

[@djoswald9128]

😉. Been watching you for many years. No retreat, No surrender!🤘!

[@aaronkindle561]

Danke für die guten Videos.

[@toddburgess5056]

I don't even speak German, but translated that correctly 😅

[@aaronkindle561]

You‘re welcom🙂

[@BoBnotThat1]

Great video knew nothing about this thing till now. Exocert missile, we found out how good they were in 82.

[@znail4675]

An important factor with that the RBS 15 mk3 could hit regular ground targets is that it was the primary ground support weapon for JAS 39 Gripen when it was introduced.

[@duckman12569]

Just finished a Sea Power stream when this showed up in the sub list.. Damn that game is looking pretty

[@reginarider]

Canada needs these, great vid.

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

I think we have Harpoon missiles. but yes Canada should get some

[@Iamabot4708]

Just upgrade your harpoons for significantly less and you'll have the same capability.

[@notaseriousbeaver]

​@@Iamabot4708You can't upgrade Harpoons to Gungnir levels.

[@Iamabot4708]

​@notaseriousbeaver but you can get a missile that is comparable in capabilities much for much cheaper and in less time reddit

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

@Iamabot4708 I think we just need to get more weapons in inventory in general. I hear 3 days worth of weapons. No good

[@skunkjobb]

RBS 15 isn't the first Swedish anti-ship missile. Already in the 50s, we built the RB 04 that on the outside looks much like the RBS 15. Both the 04 and 15 can be launched from aircraft tand then don't need any booster.

[@TzunSu]

Yeah, RB 04 has a good argument for being the first modern air-launched ASM.

[@edspace.]

Definitely a good missile, interesting to see as well about its capabilities against counter-measures.

[@dovlacro6382]

Threat of using RBS-15 are main reason why in exYugoslavia Federal navy under full Serbian control quickly stop molesting Croatian coast. Instead of that, they rusted at Montenegro coast.

[@Ws_minion]

4:40 *Sean Connery has entered the chat* "So Q, show me this fanshy new misshile you've been working on"

[@klausberfelde-je2ye]

For me, next to Taurus, this is a very capable and impressive weapon. Going geographically a little bit more to the west, I'm interested to see what the Norwegian- German upcoming 3SM will be capable off. Making an overview of European missile systems, mentioning the METEOR wouldn't be the worst idea, I think.

[@VolkerGoller]

The big Cousin of Taifuns and Storm shadow, we need to include en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MdCN

[@Swede_4_DJT]

Greetings from Sweden! You,Sir, just got yourself a new subscriber and a like 🎉

[@MisterSiga]

there is something so incredibly cool about advanced missiles systems, even older models like P-700 Granit

[@douglassshephard3732]

The RBS 15 from Sweden sounds like it is exactly what the Ukraine need to see about getting either buying them from Sweden or being able to figure out a way how to build them, if Ukraine can get a couple of older ships not real big ones but big enough to have batteries of the RBS 15 from Sweden my belief is that they could tear up even more of the Russian fleet then they already have they also could use these to hit targets inside Russia, like oil refineries storage weapons storage ammunition storage, and chiefly the kirch bridge in Crimea. If Ukraine can get some of these and they can be airborne launched, they would be a lot better than glide bombs, one of the best use I could see for these when the Russian army gets into an assembly area before an attack they're launched to decimate the Russian army that's in that assembly area to get ready for the attack that would play hell with the Russian military and North Korean forces in Russia right now.

[@warbuzzard7167]

Which would make the start of World War 3 an inevitability.

[@Iamabot4708]

I doubt Ukraine can afford these at over 3.5 million a pop

[@mariabengtssonviking]

Yes, and as a Swede I hope my politicians don't are frightened by the empty threats of the old, weak and deathly scared Putin and his Oligarchs who are screaming about red lines 😅😅 Slava Ukraine, democracy ,freedom and equality from Sweden 🖖🇸🇪✊🇺🇦

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

@@warbuzzard7167no ruski

[@TzunSu]

Problem is getting them into the Black Sea. The Turks are *not* going to allow them passage through the strait.

[@petrosguasos530]

Yeah! RBS-15 and NSM rules!

[@christianjunghanel6724]

I think the german f 123 the Brandenburg class is also going to be equipt with those as part of the upcoming upgrade programm !

[@chkoha6462]

The German navy Korvette Type 130 has the RBS15 systems installed since 2008

[@frankbrune3101]

My favourite missles are the BrahMos for its hypersonic speed and general impressive specs. Also the Naval Strike Missle from Norway because its seems to be so light and compact that it can be fitted to any plattform regardless its size including drones.

[@skunkjobb]

It's supersonic, not hypersonic.

[@fuzer4047]

Is only mach 3

[@fuzer4047]

We don't know it's probably not as stealth either just because it having open air intake for ramjet in the front instead of under like most

[@jimmay1988]

Welcome back on my feed! The only time I'd seen your videos was by searching your channel.

[@_Matsimus_]

Welcome back!

[@savagedabs8536]

Quick Sink JDAM is my favorite by far

[@brianv1988]

Very good weapon system but it's different it's airdropped

[@yamahass66]

​@@brianv1988So are this. 4pcs from Gripen E

[@tony18662]

Only missile that can zig zag towards the target

[@bfelten1]

Not really. Another Swedish missile, the GLSDB, has the same capability.

[@tony18662]

@@bfelten1 that I didn't know Gungnir was highly effective against allied Defense strategy and systems so much so it will be a ability implemented in many new allied systems to come in the future.

[@abraham2172]

The German navy currently tries to strengthen their existing fleet and make them fit to fight against a russian attack (since increasing the fleet is taking too long), and the RBS15 plays a large role in that.

[@bodan1196]

I don't know how true this story is, as I heard it from my brother, who heard it while doing his conscription service. As told, a land based RBS15 of a very early version were going to be tested. So at a location in the Stockholm archipelago a robot was set up with a command tent near by. The tent was put up by ordinary conscripts so there were not so much consideration had, as to where in relation to the robot it was raised. Go figure... So when the test took place... the booster rockets, well the exhaust from the booster rockets, had an undesired impact on the tent, the equipment, and antennas. The result was a group of high ranking officers, and technicians, helplessly seeing the radar track of the now unguided robot, heading towards the Gulf of Finland... not an ideal track during the cold war, as it were.

[@mastathrash5609]

I admit I too was like “wow look at it gooo!”

[@knaks4162]

Great video. I enjoy your content .

[@darylwalker2569]

Thanks, excellent vid! I did not know about this missile; well done Sweden 🇸🇪! Please do segments on the BrahMos PJ-10 🇮🇳 and the AGM-158c LRASM 🇺🇸.

[@stuartford5556]

Having DCS Viggen visions now ;)

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

Its simple Matsimus posts a new video I watch and like the video and comment to increase engagement

[@ronmaximilian6953]

There's a lot of competition in the Baltic Sea. Interestingly, the Finnish have opted for the Israeli Gabriel 5 over the RBS 15. Mark IV for their new frigates. I almost feel bad for the Russian Baltic Fleet which has to contend with the threat of Harpoons, Exocets, RBS-15, NSM, Gabriel V, and eventually Tomahawks it is and SM-6.

[@HailAzathoth]

Russia should probably remove all its was ships from the baltic entirely tbh. If shit kicks off they will likely lose everything within a few hours.

[@fuzer4047]

Estonia also bought from Israel although the Blue Spear 5G SSM

[@petter5721]

The latest version of the RBS15 also has land attack capabilities!

[@michaelPhelps-f5q]

Holy moly, I haven't seen a vid of yours in a few years. Definitely getting a Canadian accent.

[@_Matsimus_]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Iamabot4708]

Not at all

[@michaelPhelps-f5q]

@@_Matsimus_ Always good! (don't listen to the Champ above) You should have lateralled to the ADF. You too could be hating life in Darwin by now!

[@Iamabot4708]

​​@@michaelPhelps-f5q anyone with ears can hear mat sounds english. wether you or anyone listen to me does nothing to change that fact.

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

This is a fancy cruise missile. A bad ass one at that, I see a land based application or at least ship to shore as a compliment to the ship destroying capabilities. Navy always gets the best tech

[@stefanandersson2516]

Everyone gets it really. It can be launched from trucks and fighters as well.

[@herptek]

​@@stefanandersson2516In Finland they are used in navy trucks though, as well as on the boats. The army has to make do with M270 MLRS systems for ground combat and the air force has JASSM for ground strikes. I would hope the air force would get JSM as well to go with F-35.

[@nils1543]

Regarding the name: "Robot" is used in Swedish with the same meaning as "missile". So "robotsystem" simply means "missile system".

[@applemos6714]

The narrower definition of missile, i.e. not including shells (unpropelled projectiles).

[@robertohlen4980]

@@applemos6714 unguided missile = raket and guided missile = robot in swe mil speak

[@Koratz-r8c]

Robot literally means "slave". So, a guided system.

[@RuneSmedstuen]

@3:30 Happy to see ED-209 got a new job after the movies.

[@AmorosoGombe]

Exocet is quite the legend. Especially because of The Falklands war.

[@danielfrisk925]

Are you going to make a video about the A-26 Blekinge-class sub currently being developed? Or the stealthy swedish submarines currently being in use? I'd love to hear more about that :D!

[@zmkarakas]

Sea Power is an amazing game :) it has inspired me to give a try at a startup in making underwater unmanned systems.

[@1982rrose]

Great defence for a long coastline

[@Merecir]

The grand-grand-grand-father of this is the V1 and V2 rockets that veered off course from Germany during WW2 and landed in Sweden. 😁👍

[@Shoelessjoe78]

Micropose making a comeback in a way of sorts

[@greyfox3303]

Anti ship missiles always remind me of red storm rising

[@engi7456]

i would love to see a video on the P-700 Granit Shipwreck

[@VolkerGoller]

Bonus 👍 for Braunschweig class footage!

[@Pembroke1]

Hey Matt I'll take the RBS 15 and the French Exocet. 🎉🎉

[@phippsies001]

One of my favorite anitship missle definitely gotta be the ss-n-22 sunburn idk if it's as good in real life as it is in sea power but it's definitely one of the most scary missles to go up against

[@Skracken]

Gungnir, the spear of Odin

[@Y_KTM]

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, Or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is Greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective Commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a Position where it isn't, And arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is.

[@drvenanapolitanka1277]

Croatia also uses RBS-15 missile

[@brianpreval5602]

looks like the future!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

l think it is a very capable missile.......Thank you my friend....... An old Vietnam war F-4 Phantom pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@vikingskuld]

Hey thanks for your vids.

[@_Matsimus_]

No problem 👍

[@radomane]

Would be interesting to hear a more detailed comparison of the trade offs between the RBS 15 and the NSM.

[@bdg77]

Interesting missle! Thanks!🎉

[@_Matsimus_]

Thank you too!

[@Revivethefallen]

Great video!

[@tylerromero]

He'll yeah quick upload!

[@alfonsmarklen1345]

I remember that on if the members in the club that we own an retired minesweeper in did tell me that the missile cruiser basically still had the ability to launch these missile's except that the military kept the electronic for obvious reasons. The joke in the club is that we just need some ordinance to clean up the black sea fleet back in 2022

[@UlrichHeyns]

I can just imagine Mat playing see power and just talking about the weapons

[@jeroenth7819]

Strong missie. My favorite is the nsm

[@DeaconBlu]

I’ve always thought RBS-15 was very underloved. Great vid Matt!

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks!

[@TaterMater22]

I work on the LRASM program, so definitely my favorite anti-ship missile. Lol

[@IsaacKuo]

My favorite anti-ship missile is the Hsiung Feng III. There's not a whole lot of info out there, but it's definitely capable of hitting a target as small as a fishing boat and its ramjet propulsion seems to make it the fastest anti-ship missile ever. It's interesting to me as it's clearly developed without Moskit or Oniks roots, having rectilinear intake geometry like Meteor but with intake splitter plates. Given Western disinterest in Mach 3+ class anti-surface missile technology, it was a remarkably ambitious development project for Taiwan to even attempt. The end result is a nightmare for Chinese naval invasion plans. It forces PLAN ships to try and scan at a fast rate for fast missiles, which makes their radar coverage less effective against the (more numerous) slower/cheaper anti-ship missiles. These slower/cheaper anti-ship missiles can be accompanied with swarms of MALD decoys - a tactic which has been found effective against Russian air defense systems. The point is - this mix of threats is a lot more difficult for the PLAN to deal with than one or the other.

[@benni16it]

great video!

[@andersgrassman6583]

An undisclosed number of RBS15 were sent from Sweden to Ukraine in the beginning of the full scale invasion, when an amphibious assault on Odesa was feared. And Denmark sent Harpoon's. Later, when it wasn't clear what exactly sunk the Moskva, I kind of hoped it was some Swedish RBS15. (As I'm Swedish.) BUT the fact that it was two domestically Ukranian produced Neptune missiles, actually is of course even better!

[@mmarshall404]

Man I love the videos I know you have mentioned wondering what could help the channel, I'm no expert but I think that having content that's military adjacent may help I'd suggest doing a tank review on a sci Fi tank or something Review the 40k tanks like you would review a tank on this channel with an eye on how it is used and would perform in a real world military I watch a few channels that do historical based battle analysis of ancient Rome and the like but every now and then pull out a video on how tyranids invade planets (such as Invicta) and it seems like a great way to pull in people with an interest in the topic but are not searching for it explicitly I discovered this channel from googling what I should do to prepare to join the Canadian Reserves which I can't imagine being a common KZbin search term so having a few vids popup in a Star wars or 40k fans searches may help

[@wacojones8062]

barge mounts are one possibility as they can shift positions with an outboard motor pair, with the right camo setup and position changes on a random schedule serious headache for any attack force.

[@Antesyd]

Ask the USN... When they tested it (mk2 or3) it was supposed to hit an old cruiser first and then other missiles would hit it too and eventually it would sink. RBS15 cut the cruiser in 2. BUT it has it's biggest advantages in costal warfare. On open sea other platforms are just as good.

[@pauldockins9635]

Quite literally a nice video.

[@rhcppunk]

It would be good to know how it stacks up to other similar missiles, range, speed, counter measures and other stats. Price is often overlooked, but very important.

[@ars492]

When i used to work on the MK13 missile system, on the USS DeWert FFG 45, when doing a daily mag temp, we would walk in the mag ring and hug a Harpoon but not the SM1s lol

[@user-qf6yt3id3w]

You should do a video on Taiwan's anti ship missiles like the supersonic Hsiung Feng III

[@lesball6839]

Brilliant

[@_Matsimus_]

@@lesball6839 thank you

[@larswanhammar1958]

Robot 04 was the first anti-ship missil. It hade an advance guiding system with a low altitude approach too be increased to about 400 m in about 1 to 2 km from the targer area. Then it would initate its radar and select a target and dive to about 20 m above ❤the ship where it detonate a shaped-carge downwards itto the ship.

[@matthewday7565]

Wonder why the intake scoop is underneath, doesn't that risk ingesting spray?

[@kronop8884]

Probably helps reduce the radar profile when’s flying low skimming the waves

[@thomasborgsmidt9801]

It is a system particularly usefull in the Baltic where it will lend the firepower of a battleship to a corvette. It is also quite capable of taking out enemy command nodes - the price is about 1mio EUR a piece. The problem with the Harpoon is its lack of range. Going back to WW2 they also had seaskimming missiles in the form of torpedo bombers and the "ballistic" drooping fire was the Dauntless. But to truly service a target you need to have BOTH in the quiver. Making short range air defence particularly difficult. Just look at the AAA on the Yamamoto in WW2. Problem was the Mk-13 american torpedo: The bloody thing DID NOT WORK! The Harpoon is providing excellent service in Ukraine - keeping the Russian fleet off-off-shore. They are not fired much, but achieves its objective - keeping the russians in port. The main problem for the swedish arms industry is their limited production runs - that is being corrected with large orders and cheap financing.

[@mirandela777]

Very expensive, and the main thing - how many can they produce ?... Cuz in a shooting war, all NATO in Europe will run out of missiles in 2 days :p

[@brianv1988]

Do the NSM multirole Naval Strike missile

[@nullterm]

DCS Viggen pilots represent.

[@fortefaygaming5903]

Can you make a vide of the nsm and or jsm missiles?

[@charlesdorval394]

For the algorithm! ;)

[@bobbycaldwell5031]

My favorite antiship missle is the lrasm

[@comentedonakeyboard]

10:56 and now i cant help but to wonder if missiles could be mounted on a war elephant, picture Hannibal with rockets🐘🚀

[@_Matsimus_]

@@comentedonakeyboard lmao!! Ok that’s awesome

[@Doluses]

Don't know if I missed this but they can be launched from air aswell, both Viggen (retired) and Gripen can carry them.

[@jeffreyholdeman3042]

LFG Sverige! 🇸🇪🇸🇪💥

[@reubenjackson7829]

intresting thanks

[@_Matsimus_]

Glad you enjoyed it