What is the Super Ice Missile?
Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems recently unveiled SUPER ICE, a new long-range cruise missile carrying a 454 kg warhead, four times heavier than the payload on its ICE BREAKER predecessor.
About Super Ice Missile:
- It is a long-range cruise missile developed by Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
- The missile is part of Rafael’s relatively new group of cruise missiles.
- The other members of the family include Sea Breaker, which was introduced in 2021, and Ice Breaker, which was introduced in 2023.
- Super Ice is designed to conduct long-range stand-off strikes against high-value strategic targets, military facilities, and air-defense systems.
- It has launch options spanning aircraft, ground-based systems, and naval platforms.
- Features:
- It is equipped with a 454 kg warhead compatible with the MK83 (a US-made aerial bomb).
- It is equipped with an autonomous navigation system that allows it to fly at low altitudes while following the terrain.
- For target acquisition, the missile uses an electro-optical system featuring high-precision image matching
- Image-matching guidance allows the missile to compare images captured by its onboard sensors with reference imagery to help determine its position and identify its intended target.
- This is particularly useful when satellite navigation signals are disrupted or unavailable.
- The company has withheld its exact range and speed, but the new missile is said to be faster and has a longer range than the ICE BREAKER, which has a range of up to 300 km.
Source: 1,000-pound warhead: SUPER ICE cruise missile carries four times more explosive power