Missiles and Armaments
As of 03 March 2009.
Aircraft Munitions
ARS-21
ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE
- Introduced: 1999 With a range of 140km, the ARS-21 is used to destroy enemy SAM & radar installations to open the way for Khaldean air forces.
RBS-24
SRAAM
- Introduced: 1985 With a maximum range of 18km, a max speed of Mach 2.5, the 24 uses a passive infrared sensor allowing to engage targets from all angles, though is being replaced by the RBS-74.
RBS-71
BVRAAM
- Introduced: 1980 The 71 is a semi-active radar-homing missile, requiring the launching aircraft to maintain a radar lock on target until impact. The missile can reach Mach 4.0, and has a range of 50km, being replaced by the RBS-99.
RBS-74
SRAAM
- Introduced: 2000 The 74 with a range of 20km acts as Khaldea’s short range air to air munition. The 74 is guided by a 128x128 pixel focal-plane array IIR seeker in its terminal phase, and features thrust vectoring.
RBS-99
BVRAAM
- Introduced: 1998 With a range of 70km, the RBS-99 provides BVR long-range fire and forget capability to Khaldea’s airbourne arsenal. The RBS-99’s guidance is from datalink & inertia, in addition to an active radar terminal seeker.
GB-Seris
PRECISION LASER GUIDED BOMB
- Introduced: 1993 The Seris is a guidance kit able to be fitted to 250, 500, or 1000kg bombs. It consists of a forward seeker head and canards, and a rear fin assembly. The bomb can thus glide toward a laser-designated spot and hit targets with high precision.
NBK-Tarus
PRECISION GUIDED BOMB
- Introduced: 1999 The Tarus is a GPS/INS guided bomb kit, fitting to the tail of ‘dumb’ bombs, providing them with a 10m CEP, and allowing them to operate in all-weather environments.
Naval Munitions
NB-23
POINT-DEFENCE MISSILE
- Introduced: 1994 Guided by command LOS with radar and E-O tracking from the ship, the NB-23 is a PD missile with a range of 15km, tasked with intercepting enemy AShMs that have penetrated the fleet’s outer defence layer.
RBS-15KV
VERTICAL LAUNCH ANTI-SHIP MISSILE
- Introduced: 1997 The RBS-15KV is the updated, vertical launch variant of the RBS-15K. Utilising a two-stage propellant system, the missile can exceed 300km of range, hitting 0.9 Mach during sea-skimming cruise. During the early-mid stages of its flight, the missile uses GPS and inertial navigation, able to fly ‘waypoints’ to attack a target from any angle, then switching to a frequency-agile active radar with high-resolution infrared imaging for its terminal seeking. The missile will sea-skim at 2-4 metres after launch to minimise radar detection, and then is programmed to perform random and aggressive pop-up and weaving manoeuvres in its terminal phase to defeat CIWS systems. The missile comes with a 220kg heavy AP blast-fragmentation warhead with a smart, programmable fuse.
RBS-15F
AIR LAUNCHED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE
- Introduced: 1995 The 15F has a range of 200km, featuring INS guidance with an active radar terminal seeker, allowing Khaldean aircraft to pose a serious threat to enemy fleets while outside the range of most naval based SAMs.
RSA-4
ANTI-SUBMARINE ROCKET
- Introduced: 1994 The RSA-4 was created as a solution to creating a rapid-response counter to submarine threats detected at range beyond conventionally launched torpedoes. The solution in the RSA-4 is by utilising a ballistic rocket to carry a lightweight torpedo to a designated position. The RSA-4 can deliver a Type 45 torpedo up to 28km in under 90 seconds, whilst utilising just a pre-calculated ballistic trajectory, and therefore unguided after launch. Once reaching the target area, the torpedo separates from the main rocket body, with a small parachute to slow the torpedo’s descent, allowing controlled entry to the water at the correct angle. Upon water entry, the parachute is disconnected, and the torpedo activates, beginning autonomous circular or spiral search pattern, using its own active and passive sonar to acquire and eliminate its target.
RGM-110
LAND ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE
- Introduced: 1992 The 110 is a long range, subsonic cruise missile, now on Block III of its development. The 110 can travel at 880kmh. The missile uses a solid-fuel booster for launch, and a turbofan for cruise, allowing it to deploy its wings and tail once the booster separates. Following this, the missile can hug the terrain, making it difficult to detect, with the possibility of pre-programmed waypoints. The missile also uses Khaldea’s SAHS (Digital Area Mapping System), which compares a stored 3D image with the missile’s camera view to correct course continually. The CEP is less than 5 metres. The RGM-110 can be outfitted with an armour piercing blast-fragmentation warhead (110A) or a combined effects munition (110B)
SAMs
RBS-98
LONG RANGE SAM
- Introduced: 1998 The RBS-98 is propelled by a two-stage rocket motor, achieving an effective ceiling of 29,000 metres, a maximum engagement range of 170km, whilst being able to hit Mach 4.5. For guidance, the RBS-98 utilises Inertial guidance with command updates from the launching ship’s radar via datalink, allowing the missile to approach initially without using radar. Once at the terminal point, the missile activates its K-band active radar seeker for the last approximately 20km. The warhead contains a 75kg blast-fragmentation system with a dual proximity/impact fuse.
BALLISTIC MISSILES
YF-400 “Thandaran”
TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
- Introduced 2000
- Numbers in Service: 40 Launchers A mobile, truck mounted system carrying 2x ballistic missiles, these are hypersonic, quasi-ballistic missiles designed to destroy high-value targets deep behind enemy lines. Max range of 450km, with INS/GPS guidance with optical terminal homing, with 500kg HE or cluster munition packages.