ItO 02 ASRAD-R

2002 Finland ordered four batteries of the german anti-aircraft missile system ASRAD-R. One for each readiness brigade and one to complement the anti-aircraft missile defence of the finnish capital Helsinki. The missiles are swedish, BOLIDE and made by Bofors. They are a development of the RBS-70 missile, and are unjammable since the gunner guides the missile with laser. The two southern readiness brigades will use Unimog 5000 all terrain vehicles and the northern will mount the missile system on a "Nasu" tracked vehicle, because of the difficult terrain up in the north.



Mobile independent AA missile system
Range: over 8 km
Altitude range: over 4-5 km
Crew: 2 + driver

The BOLIDE missile

The RBS-70 MANPAD

Nasu with Aspic during tests

ItO 02 organization