SPICE

Israel's GPS-independent electro-optical bomb kit and glide-weapon family — a scene-matching system that turns unguided bombs into precision stand-off munitions, proven from Balakot to Tehran.

Overview

SPICE — Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective — is a family of stand-off precision weapons developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It exists both as add-on guidance kits that transform general-purpose and penetrator bombs into long-range smart munitions (SPICE 1000 and SPICE 2000) and as complete, purpose-built glide weapons (SPICE 250 and the turbojet-powered SPICE 250 ER). The defining edge is an autonomous electro-optical scene-matching terminal seeker that locks onto a pre-stored reference image, removing the dependency on satellite navigation that jammers can exploit. That architecture has made SPICE the Israel Air Force’s standard stand-off family and attracted an expanding list of international operators.

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