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RB04 - еще потом в старой куче посмотрю
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AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES, SWEDEN
Date Posted: 23 April 2002
Jane's Air-Launched Weapons 40
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Rb 04
Type
Medium-range, radar-guided, air-to-surface missile.
Development
The Rb 04 family of missiles was developed from the mid-1950s and has resulted in Rb 04A, B, C, D and E versions entering service with the Royal Swedish Air Force from 1960 onwards. Designed for use in the Baltic against warship targets, the later versions have all had active radar terminal guidance. The last version, Rb 04E entered service around 1975. The Rb 04 design was carried forward into the Rbs 15-missile system, which entered service in 1985. The Rb 04 missiles were cleared for carriage on A 32 Lansen and the AJ 37 Viggen aircraft.
Description
Rb 04 has four small delta shaped control fins at the front of the missile and two rear-mounted wings with large vertical stabilisers at the tips. The missile is 4.45 m long, with a body diameter of 500 mm and a wing span of 2.0 m. The missile weighs 600 kg. Guidance in mid-course is inertial, followed by an active radar terminal phase. The missile has an HE semi-armour-piercing warhead, believed to be about 150 kg. There are believed to be both impact and proximity fuzes. The missile cruises at low level (around 20 m) and drops to a few metres shortly before striking the ship target. A two-stage solid-propellant motor gives the RB04 a range of about 30 km.
Operational status
The Rb 04E entered Flygvapnet service around 1975 and production probably ceased in 1978. There were no exports. Following the withdrawal of the last of Sweden's (upgraded) AJS 37 attack Viggens, in favour of the JAS 39 Gripen, the small wartime stocks of Rb 04 that remained were removed from the Swedish inventory.
Specifications
Length: 4.45 m
Body diameter: 500 mm
Wing span: 2.0 m
Launch weight: 600 kg
Warhead: 150 kg HE semi-armour-piercing
Fuze: n/k
Guidance: Inertial and active radar
Propulsion: Solid propellant
Range: 30 km
Contractor
Saab Bofors Dynamics AB, Linköping (prime contractor).
VERIFIED
Two Rb 04 air-to-surface missiles beneath an AJ 37 Viggen during manufacturer's trials
An Rb 04 missile in front of a prototype AJ 37 Viggen, with an Rb 05 missile behind and under the aircraft fuselage
RB04
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© 2002 Jane's Information Group Rob Hewson