Spice (bomb)
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | Spice (acronym for S mart P recise I mpact and C Eastern E ffective Guidance Kit) |
| Type: | Guided glide bomb |
| Country of origin: |
 Israel
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| Manufacturer: | Rafael |
| Commissioning: | 2003 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | Different depending on the warhead |
| Range: | over 60 km |
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| Warhead: | 453 kg (Mk 83), 907 kg (Mk 84) |
| Steering: | Electro-optical (sensors for infrared and visible light), GPS coupled with an INS , target memory for up to 100 coordinates and / or target image entries, manual target selection via data link to the carrier aircraft |
| Weapon platforms: | F-15 , F-16 , Panavia Tornado |
| List of bombs by country of origin | |
The Israeli company Rafael Armament Development Authority developed the S mart P recise I mpact and C Eastern E ffective Guidance Kit ( Spice ). The Mk-83 and Mk-84 bombs are used as the basis for this kit . The aim of this kit is to convert a conventional bomb into an inexpensive, intelligent weapon with fire-and-forget capability.
Structure and variants
The special thing about the American JDAM kit is that the Spice has two target systems. A CCD / IIR seeker head is used as the primary system and GPS as the secondary system ; it is also immune to interference. Furthermore, the target can still be changed after the spice has been dropped, and that with a range of over 60 km, depending on the altitude and speed of the carrier aircraft.
The Mk-83 variant is called Spice-1000 (1000 lb) and is particularly noticeable due to the long wings attached in the middle. The Mk-84 variant, also Spice-2000 (2000 lb), looks quite similar to the Popeye . This is because the Spice is a derivative of the Popeye. The Spice-250 version was also presented in 2019. Spice-250 weighs 113 kg (250 lb) and has a 75 kg multi-purpose warhead. The range should be around 100 km.
According to the manufacturer, a bomb equipped with the Spice has a CEP of less than 3 meters.
Calls
Israeli warplanes used the weapon in attacks in Syria during the Syrian civil war, according to press reports .
Indian Mirage 2000 fighter jets used Spice 2000 missiles on February 26, 2019 to attack an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan, near the Kashmiri border near Balakot . Several Jaish-e Mohammed fighters were killed, according to Indian sources, which Pakistanis denied that there were any fatalities.
Similar models
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robin Hughes: Rafael enhances SPICE 250 with advanced automatic target recognition capability. In: janes.com. Jane's Defense Weekly, June 10, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .
- ^ A b Judah Ari Gross: India used Israeli arms for strike inside Pakistan - report. timesofisrael.com February 26, 2019