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 ...

Israel’s missile pioneer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled today the latest member of its Spike multi-purpose missile family – Spike LR II. Defined as the first “5th generation”, the ...

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 ...

The Indian Army has test-fired two Israeli-made Spike long-range (LR) anti-tank missiles that are capable of engaging targets at ranges up to 4km. The firing of the newly acquired fourth-generation ...

Spike ATGM Command and launcher unit (CLU) with mock-up Spike-LR missile mounted on a tripod. Credit: Dave1185 (talk) / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. The Romanian Army has ...

The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) has completed a successful firing of Rafael’s SPIKE LR missiles in a demonstration in Slovenia, December 2020, in front of the Ministry of Defence representatives and ...

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 ...

At the end of the Cold War, the MILAN anti-tank missile used by the United Kingdom, France, and Germany was nearing obsolescence. While the UK and Germany replaced the MILAN with non-European missiles ...

While the Spike-controlled steer point appears to jitter around a little, it shows no signs of switching to the other target. Other footage of the Spike-LR being shot in 2012 by Polish troops shows ...

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 ...