page_title: Saab Rb 08
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Saab Rb 08 / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Robot 08 firing from Swedish Halland class destroyer
context_page_description: Robot 08 was a Swedish anti-ship missile. The missile was a development of the French Nord Aviation CT20 target missile and was manufactured by Saab. The Swedish Navy ordered the missile in 1965 at a cost of 86 million kronor, with delivery competed in 1967.
context_section_description: The missile was propelled by a jet engine and launched using a pair of rockets mounted on a launch sled. The rockets released when the missile was airborne, which took about 2 seconds. At takeoff, the missile's speed would be about 500 km/h, with a top speed of 900 km/h.
  The missile was remotely controlled and could be equipped with either cameras for scouting or an explosive warhead. The active radar homing system took control at about 15 km from the target, diving into a ship where a contact fuze would detonate the warhead. The maximum range was about 70 km. Several Rb 08 are still preserved for display today.
caption: Rb 08 launching from a Halland-class destroyer.
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