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2021-02-04
Rafael’s SPIKE Missile Successfully Fired From Slovenia’s JLTV
The SAF (Slovenian Armed Forces) recently completed a successful firing of Rafael’s SPIKE LR missiles in a demonstration that took place in Slovenia, in December 2020, in front of representatives of the Ministry of Defence and members of the Slovenian Armed Forces.
The successful live demo included firings of the 12.7mm gun and SPIKE LR missile from the KONGSBERG PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Station (RWS) mounted on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) platform. The demo displayed the enhanced capabilities of the SPIKE launcher, as a force multiplier for the mobilised land forces, enabling strike against armoured targets with improved precision at extended ranges and beyond-line-of-sight.
During the demonstration, the Slovenian army also fired SPIKE missiles using the new dismounted digital SPIKE launcher ICLU, as part of ongoing transition in all SPIKE Missile user nations to new digital NCW-ready launchers and to 5th generation SPIKE LR2 missiles.
Similarly to all other SPIKE launchers, the integration of the SPIKE LR missile to the KONGSBERG PROTECTOR RWS includes a provision for SPIKE LR2, a fifth-generation multipurpose missile, equipped with improved engagement ranges of up to 5.5 km, with a reduced weight (13.4 kg), enhanced lethality, advanced target recognition and tracking, and a new third-party target allocation (network-enabled) enhancement with an embedded inertial measurement unit (IMU) assembly.
Increased Interoperability
In October 2018, the Slovenia Ministry of Defense signed an inter-governmental Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) with the U.S. Government for the purchase of 38 JLTV’s manufactured by Oshkosh Defense. SAF will receive the JLTVs in early 2021. Procurement of the JLTV supports the fulfilment of NATO’s capability goals for the SAF and greatly increases its interoperability with U.S. and regional allies currently operating JLTV. All 38 JLTV platforms will be equipped with Protector RWS.
SPIKE is an electro-optical Fire & Forget missile. It is part of the wider SPIKE missile family, which consists of five variants (SR, MR, LR2, ER2, NLOS) of electro-optical, multi-purpose, multi-platform missiles, with ranges of up to 32km and fire-and-update capabilities. Spike LR is capable of engaging both ground targets, such as tanks, hardened command posts or targets behind cover, as well as helicopters.
The LR version is equipped with a fibre-optic data link for transmitting image data to the operator allowing correction of the flight trajectory or mission abort. To-date, SPIKE has been sold to 35 countries, including 19 NATO nations, with over 33,000 missiles already supplied and more than 6,000 fired in tests and in combat. SPIKE missiles have been integrated onto 45 different vehicular, helicopter and naval platforms.
Rafael is exhibiting at stand 01-B32
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