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'{{Infobox weapon |is_missile= yes |name= RBS 70 |image= File:RBS 70.png |image_size = 180 |caption= Latvian RBS 70 |origin= Sweden |type= [[Short Range Air Defense|Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD)]]<br>[[Man-portable air-defense system|Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS)]] |used_by= |wars=[[Iran–Iraq War]], [[1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts]] |manufacturer= [[Bofors|Bofors Defence]] (1980s–2000)<br> [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]] (since 2000) |unit_cost= |propellant= |production_date= |service= 1977–present |engine= [[Booster (rocketry)|Booster]] and sustainer with smokeless solid [[propellant]] |engine_power= |weight= 87 [[kilogram|kg]] (Stand + Sight + Missile) |length= 1.32 m |height= |diameter= 106 mm |wingspan= 32 cm |speed= [[Mach number|Mach]] 1.6 (Mark 0/1) <br>Mach 2 (5 km in 12 seconds) (Mark 2/BOLIDE) |vehicle_range= 250 m – 8 km |ceiling= |altitude= 5,000 m |filling= 1.1 kg Combined with 3,000 tungsten spheres and [[shaped charge]] |guidance= Laser [[beam riding]] missile |detonation= Adaptive [[proximity fuze]] function with 3 selectable modes (Off, Normal, Small target) |launch_platform= tripod, weapon platform ([[ASRAD-R]]) and warship }} '''RBS 70''' (Robotsystem 70, "robot" meaning "missile" in this context in Swedish) is a [[Man-portable air-defense system|man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)]] designed for [[anti-aircraft warfare]] in all climate zones and with little to no support from other forces. Originally designed and manufactured by the Swedish [[defense contractor|defence firm]] of [[Bofors|Bofors Defence]] (now [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]], since 2000). It uses the RB 70 missile which is also in use in a number of other Swedish [[missile]] systems.<ref name="urlLithuania upgrading RBS 70 MANPADS with night vision sights and improved missiles | August 2018 Global Defense Security army news industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2018 | Archive News year">{{cite web |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/august_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/lithuania_upgrading_rbs_70_manpads_with_night_vision_sights_and_improved_missiles.html |title=Lithuania upgrading RBS 70 MANPADS with night vision sights and improved missiles &#124; August 2018 Global Defense Security army news industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army 2018 &#124; Archive News year |format= |website= |accessdate= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827052533/https://www.armyrecognition.com/august_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/lithuania_upgrading_rbs_70_manpads_with_night_vision_sights_and_improved_missiles.html |archive-date=2018-08-27 |dead-url=no }}</ref> ==History== The RBS 70 was developed to supply the Swedish air defense with a low-cost, easy-to-use and effective short-range SAM system. Before RBS 70 the mainstay of Swedish air defense was American [[MIM-23 Hawk]] systems ([[RBS 77]] and [[RBS 97]] "Swedish HAWK"), American [[FIM-43 Redeye|Redeye]] ([[RBS 69]]) and the Swedish [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors m/48]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|AAA]]. The Swedish Army has decided to replace the RBS 70 with a ground-launched version of the [[IRIS-T]] missile.<ref>{{Citation | contribution-url = http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htada/articles/20130126.aspx | contribution = More Air Launched Missiles Go To Ground | title = Strategy page | date = January 26, 2013}}.</ref> ==Design== [[File:16th Air Defence Regiment soldiers with RBS-70 July 2011.jpg|thumb|left|200px|RBS-70 and operator in Australian service, 2011.]] The RBS 70 is a Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD) [[laser guided]] missile system. '''Mk 1''' and '''Mk 2''' followed shortly and are the standard RBS 70 with a range of 5,000–6,000 m and a ceiling of 3,000 m. Currently, RBS 70 is operational in 18 customer countries, on all continents and in arctic, desert, and tropical environments.{{citation needed|reason=all continents|date=August 2016}} In 2003 the "BOLIDE" upgrade system was introduced to the RBS 70.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Campaigns/RBS-70-New-Generation/Background/|title=RBS 70 NG VSHORAD: BACKGROUND: INNOVATION IT'S IN OUR BLOOD|year=2010|publisher=Saab Bofors Dynamics|accessdate=28 September 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602110854/http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Campaigns/RBS-70-New-Generation/Background/|archivedate=2 June 2013|df=}}</ref> The BOLIDE missile is an RBS 70 Mk 2 upgrade that is faster (Mach 2 vs Mach 1.6), with a range up to {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} and can reach an altitude of 5&nbsp;km. Deliveries were initiated in 2005. ===Latest upgrade=== In 2011, [[Saab Bofors Dynamics]] (successor company of Bofors Defence) announced the introduction of the new RBS 70 New Generation (RBS 70 NG). The upgraded version included an improved sighting system capable of night vision and improved training and after-action review features.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saabgroup.com/RBS70NG|title=RBS 70 NG VSHORAD: NEW GENERATION|year=2010|publisher=Saab Bofors Dynamics|accessdate=28 September 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924162259/http://www.saabgroup.com/rbs70ng|archivedate=24 September 2011|df=}}</ref> ==Operational use== In 1990, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) embarked two RBS-70 units and Australian Army operators onboard the Fleet Replenishment ship, [[HMAS Success (OR 304)|HMAS Success]], when it deployed to the Persian Gulf in the lead up to the first Gulf War in Kuwait. In 1992, a [[Venezuelan Army]] RBS-70 SAM is attributed with having shot down a rebel [[OV-10 Bronco]] during the [[1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt]] on November 27.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chronological Listing of Venezuelan Losses & Ejections|publisher=Project Get Out and Walk}}</ref> Iran used the RBS-70 system during the [[Iran–Iraq War]] against Iraqi aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/media/csis/pubs/9005lessonsiraniraqii-chap13.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813214639/https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/media/csis/pubs/9005lessonsiraniraqii-chap13.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-13 |dead-url=no }}</ref> ==Operators== [[File:RBS 70 operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with RBS 70 operators in blue]] ===Current operators=== * {{flagicon |Argentina}} Argentina<ref>{{Citation | title = The World Defence Almanac | year = 1996–97 | page = 38 | issn = 0722-3226}}.</ref> * {{flagicon |Australia}} [[Australian Defence Force|Australia]] * {{flagicon |Bahrain}} [[Military of Bahrain|Bahrain]] * {{flagicon |Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh Armed Forces|Bangladesh]]<ref>{{cite web | work = Army recognition | url = https://www.armyrecognition.com/sweden_swedish_missile_systems_and_vehicles_uk/rbs_70_man_portable_air_defense_missile_system_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html | title = RBS 70 man portable air defense missile system technical data &#124; Sweden Swedish missile systems and vehicles UK &#124; Sweden Swedish army military equipment vehicles UK | access-date = 2019-04-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190410200313/https://armyrecognition.com/sweden_swedish_missile_systems_and_vehicles_uk/rbs_70_man_portable_air_defense_missile_system_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html | archive-date = 2019-04-10 | dead-url = no }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |||authors=Dr. Michael Ashkenazi,Princess Mawuena Amuzu, Jan Grebe,Christof Kögler and Marc Kösling |date= February 2013|title=brief 47 |url=https://www.bicc.de/uploads/tx_bicctools/BICC_brief_02.pdf |publisher=Bonn International Center for Conversion |page=159|issn=0947-7322|access-date=8 September 2019 |quote="MANPADS A Terrorist Threat to Civilian Aviation?" }}</ref> * {{flagicon |Brazil}} [[Military of Brazil|Brazil]]<ref>{{cite web | work = Army recognition | url = http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2014_global_defense_security_news_uk/army_of_brazil_to_purchase_saab_rbs_70_vshorad_very_short_range_air_defense_system_0403141.html | title = Army of Brazil to purchase SAAB RBS 70 VSHORAD Very Short Range Air Defense System | date = March 4, 2014 | access-date = March 8, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140308141530/http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2014_global_defense_security_news_uk/army_of_brazil_to_purchase_saab_rbs_70_vshorad_very_short_range_air_defense_system_0403141.html | archive-date = March 8, 2014 | dead-url = no }}</ref> * {{flagicon |Chile}} [[Military of Chile|Chile]] * {{flagicon |Czech Republic}} [[Military of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]<ref name="czech_republic">{{cite news |url= http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/REG_EXP_SWE_95-05.pdf/download |publisher= Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) |title= Register of the transfers of major conventional weapons from Sweden 1995–2005 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060823203554/http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/REG_EXP_SWE_95-05.pdf/download |archivedate= 2006-08-23 |df= }}</ref> * {{flagicon |Finland}} [[Military of Finland|Finland]]<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Saab | type = press release | url = https://saabgroup.com/media/news-press/news/2007-01/saab-sells-air-defence-to-finland-worth-600-million-sek/ | title = Saab sells air defence to Finland worth 600 million SEK | date = 2007-01-18 <!-- 11:07 --> | access-date = 2018-03-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180319213543/https://saabgroup.com/media/news-press/news/2007-01/saab-sells-air-defence-to-finland-worth-600-million-sek/ | archive-date = 2018-03-19 | dead-url = no }}.</ref> * {{flagicon |Indonesia}} [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesia]] * {{flagicon |Iran}} [[Military of Iran|Iran]]{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} * {{flagicon |Ireland}} [[Military of Ireland|Ireland]] * {{flagicon |Latvia}} [[Military of Latvia|Latvia]] * {{flagicon |Lithuania}} [[Lithuanian Armed Forces]]<ref name = "lithuania">{{cite news | work = The Baltic Times | url = http://www.baltictimes.com/print_article/11343/ | publisher = Baltic News Service | title = Giddy over air-defense system | date = November 17, 2004 | access-date = August 8, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013022506/http://www.baltictimes.com/print_article/11343/ | archive-date = October 13, 2007 | dead-url = no }}</ref> * {{flagicon |Mexico}} [[Mexican Army]] * {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan Armed Forces|Pakistan]]: Assembled since 1988.<ref name ='SAS 2004'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2004.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2004/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2004-Chapter-03-EN.pdf|chapter=Big Issue, Big Problem?: MANPADS|title=Small Arms Survey 2004: Development Denied|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2004|author=Small Arms Survey|pages=81|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2004}}|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004903/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2004.html|archive-date=2018-08-30|dead-url=no|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref> 144 in service with the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref>{{cite news|last= Hussain|first= Maryam|title= Deal signed with Bofors for missile repair|url= http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\02\story_2-6-2006_pg7_2|accessdate= May 26, 2013|newspaper= The [[Daily Times (Pakistan)]]|date= June 2, 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080926110143/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C06%5C02%5Cstory_2-6-2006_pg7_2|archive-date= September 26, 2008|dead-url= no}}</ref> * {{SIN}} * {{flagicon |Sweden}} [[Swedish Armed Forces|Sweden]] * {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Military of Thailand|Thailand]] * {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Military of Tunisia|Tunisia]] * {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Military of the United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] * {{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Military of Venezuela|Venezuela]] ===Former operators=== * {{flagicon |Norway}} [[Military of Norway|Norway]] (no longer in active service) ==See also== * [[Luftvärnsrobotvagn 701]] (Lvrbv 701), a self-propelled vehicle mounted version of RBS 70 * [[ASRAD-R]] (Advanced Short Range Air Defence System – RBS) * [[9K38 Igla]] * [[Starstreak (missile)|Starstreak Surface-to Air Missile]] * [[FIM-92 Stinger]] Surface-to-Air Missile * [[Mistral (missile)|Mistral Surface-to-Air Missile]] * [[List of missiles]] * [[Starburst (missile)]] ==References== ;Citations {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|RBS-70}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135258/http://www.saabgroup.com/Air/Weapon_Systems/Ground_Based_Air_Defence_Missile_Systems/RBS_70/ Official SAAB company page of RBS 70] * [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/rbs70.htm Bofors RBS 70] at the [[Federation of American Scientists]] (FAS) website * [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/rbs70.htm RBS 70 at GlobalSecurity.org] * [https://archive.today/20140308040700/http://www.armyrecognition.com/proposer_une_news_304.html RBS 70 NG VSHORAD Very Short Range Air Defense Missile System at armyrecognition.com] [[Category:Surface-to-air missiles of Sweden]] [[Category:Guided missiles of Sweden]]'