Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has demonstrated a live-fire targeted launch of the Spike weapon system from an Oshkosh-supplied 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The demonstration firing, ...

Israeli company Rafael makes the anti-tank guided missile Spike LR II. (Courtesy of Rafael) JERUSALEM — Slovakia has chosen Rafael Advanced Defense Systems’ Spike LR II missile for its infantry and ...

Poland has ordered more Spike LR anti-tank guided missiles under a deal worth PLN400 million ($99.2 million) with deliveries to begin almost immediately through local manufacturer of the system, Mesko ...

In 2016, Lithuania decided to purchase Boxer armored fighting vehicles, shown here, from Germany’s Artec, with Rafael set to equip the vehicles with its Samson Mk II weapon stations. (Rheinmetall ...

June 22, 2018: Australia became the second export customer for the Israeli Spike LR 2 ATGM. Other customers are Latvia and the Israeli military. The LR 2 version of Spike was revealed in May 2017 and ...

Series production of Germany’s 400 Puma infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) begins later this year with a twist—each will carry a Spike LR antitank/anti-helicopter lightweight guided missile system and ...

India has procured the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Spike LR (long-range) anti-tank guided-missile (ATGM) system to meet Indian Army (IA) operational requirements. Indian Minister of State for ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The missile has clear influences from around the globe. The primary guidance method and fiber-optic link came from the Spike. The warhead design came from the Kornet.

Rafael will launch deliveries of its Spike LR II air-to-surface missile in the fourth quarter of 2018, having already secured a first customer. An evolution of the Israeli company's Spike series of ...

Blaszczak broke the news on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Thursday. "We are consistently strengthening the anti-tank capabilities of our army," Blaszczak wrote. "Today, we signed another contract ...