IDAS (missile)

The IDAS (Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines ) is developed by the German company Diehl BGT Defence together with HDW and the Norwegian company Kongsberg for the submarine class 212 A of the German Navy. IDAS will contribute primarily to the defense capability of submarines against air threats such as anti-submarine helicopters, it can be used but also against small ships and coastal land targets.

The used coming lightweight missile has a solid drive with which a range of 20 km is reached and can be fired from submerged propelled submarines of the 212 A class. Is started by the output of a torpedo tube, the missile is controlled via an optical waveguide. The target search is transferring from the air - to-air guided missile IRIS - T infrared imaging seeker. The video data of the search head is transmitted to a monitor console via the optical waveguide in the submarine, the target selection and is then controlled by the operator. Thus, the hit probability is considerably increased. Thus, the missile can be precisely guided into the target or, if necessary, redirected or the use be discontinued. On the other hand, the rocket could be used individually to fly if the connection is lost to the submarine or if the situation requires it. The magazine for four missile has a torpedo tube. In the magazine, two missiles are stored next to and behind each other.

On 29 May 2008 the U- boat U 33 undertook in the Baltic Sea a ballistic missile test. For the first time the newly developed missile IDAS was successfully launched under water from a torpedo tube and then met a simulated target in the air. According to the German Navy (as of 2008 ) could be an introduction of the system at the earliest in 2014 after the then state of work.