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Rafael Israel Introduces Micro Turbojet, SPICE-250 ER

SPICE-250 ER
Micro Turbojet SPICE-250 ER

Militarymedia.net - After successfully being used by India during an attack on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant base in Balakot, Pakistan in 2019, Rafael SPICE-2000's smart bomb pamor was boosted. How not the stand-off ammunition was launched precisely from a distance of 60 km Line of Control (boundary line) Pakistan and India. And, there is an update from the SPICE family, which has introduced a new variant spice-250 Extended Range (ER).

Although one manufacturer, produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD, SPICE-250 clearly has different specifications with SPICE-2000. If the SPICE-2000 india launched from a Mirage-2000 fighter jet weighed 900 kg, then the SPICE-250 weighed 113 kg. And at the Aero India 2021 event held in Bangalore,, Rafael has introduced a new variant of SPICE-250 called SPICE-250 ER. The ER frills are due to the distance of this smart bomb which is farther than the previous variant.


Spice-250 initial variant has a launch distance of 100 km, while spice-250 ER is able to reach the target as far as 130-150 km. This type of alutsista which is classified as air-to-surface autonomous glide weapon system can reach the target further thanks to the adoption of the JP-8/10 fueled micro-turbojet engine.

SPICE (Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective) is touted as one of the best smart bomb families in the world. This advanced bomb combines guidance from satellite guidance and electro-optical guidance. Included in the electro-optical guidance component is the use of CCD/infrared homing. The merging of two combinations of guides makes the level of accuracy of the mark quite high, namely with a probable circular error of 3 meters.

SPICE-250 ER
SPICE-250 ER

The 113 kg SPiCE-250 ER is equipped with a 75 kg blast fragmentation/penetration warhead. All SPICE variants are equipped with Automatic Target Acquisition (ATA) feature, which is an autonomous electro-optical scene matching technology designed to overcome GPS interference, navigation, and location errors when targeting fixed targets.

As it approaches the target, landscape matching algorithms compare electro-optical images received in real-time through a weapon seeker with mission reference data stored in the weapon's computer memory. On his official website, Rafael offers a special type of rack for integration on fighter jets, with a Smart Quad Rack, then one rack can be loaded by four SPICE-250s.

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