[Video] Shooting anywhere on land, sea, and air… Israel unveils cruise missile with '454 kg warhead'
Tomahawk-class size enables precise strikes on high-value strategic targets such as bunkers, air defense nets, and large ships.
Quick Look
- Israeli defense company Rafael unveiled 'Super Ice', a 5th generation long-range precision guided cruise missile equipped with a large 454kg warhead.
- It can be launched from multi-domain platforms in the air, land, and sea, and is capable of precision strikes in all weather even in an electronic warfare environment.
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Why It Matters
Rafael, Israel's leading defense company, unveiled the 5th generation long-range precision-guided cruise missile 'Super Ice', which expands on the existing 'Icebreaker' and 'Seabreaker' series technologies.
Rafael, Israel's leading defense company, unveiled a new long-range cruise missile, 'Super ICE', equipped with a large 1,000 pound (approximately 454 kg) warhead.
According to Breaking Defense and Naval News on the 11th (local time), Super Ice, which was unveiled on this day, is a 5th generation long-range precision-guided cruise missile that expands the technology of the existing 'Icebreaker' and 'Seabreaker' series.
Super Ice, which is similar in size to the American Tomahawk missile, is equipped with a powerful 454kg warhead and can destroy high-value strategic targets such as bunkers, air defense nets, ballistic missile launchers, and large ships with precision from a long distance.
In particular, it can be launched from multi-domain platforms such as air, land, and sea.
In addition, it is equipped with an electro-optical guidance system with high-precision image matching technology, autonomous navigation, and low-altitude terrain tracking flight capabilities, allowing it to carry out precision strikes in all weather even in a powerful electronic warfare environment. Take a look at the video.
Produced by: Kim Geon-tae, Hwang Seong-wook
Video: X Raphael · YouTube Rafael · Site Breaking Defense · Naval News
Open Questions
- When is the actual deployment schedule for Super Ice?
- What is the maximum range of the missile?
- Are there any export plans or import countries?
