IDAS (missile)
The IDAS ( I nteractive D efence and A ttack system for S ubmarines ) is operated by the German company Diehl Defense together with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (formerly HDW ) and the Norwegian company Kongsberg for the Type 212 submarine of the German Navy developed. IDAS is primarily for the defense capability of submarines against air threats such as anti-submarine helicopters contribute, it can, however, also against small ships and coastal land targets use.
The lightweight guided missile used has a solid propulsion system with a range of around 20 km and can be fired by submerged class 212 A submarines. The launch is carried out by ejection from a torpedo tube, the guided weapon is controlled via an optical fiber . An infrared image seeker head taken over from the air-to-air guided missile IRIS-T is used for target search. The video data of the seeker head is transmitted via the optical fiber into the submarine to a screen console, the target selection and control is then carried out by the operator. This increases the probability of a hit considerably. In this way, the missile can be steered precisely into the target or, if necessary, deflected or the mission can also be canceled. On the other hand, the rocket can also fly independently if the connection to the submarine is lost or if the situation requires it. The magazine for four guided missiles occupies a torpedo tube. Two rockets are stored next to and one behind the other in the magazine.
On May 29, 2008 the submarine U 33 undertook a missile test in the Baltic Sea . For the first time, the newly developed IDAS guided missile was successfully launched underwater from a torpedo tube and then hit a simulated target in the air. According to the German Navy (as of 2018), the system could be introduced in 2024 at the earliest .
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- ↑ LFK Sys Sea / Air U212A (IDAS). In: www.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .