{"id":132887,"date":"2026-11-13T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=132887"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:50:09","slug":"super-ice-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/super-ice-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Ice Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Super Ice Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Super Ice Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a l<\/span><b>ong-range cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed by <\/span><b>Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is <\/span><b>part of Rafael\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> relatively <\/span><b>new group of cruise missiles.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>other members <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the family include <\/span><b>Sea Breaker, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was introduced in 2021, and<\/span><b> Ice Breaker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was introduced in 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Super Ice is designed to conduct <\/span><b>long-range stand-off strikes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against <\/span><b>high-value strategic targets,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> military facilities, and air-defense systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>launch options spanning aircraft, ground-based systems, and naval platforms.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Super Ice Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with a <\/span><b>454 kg warhead<\/b> <b>compatible with the MK83 (a US-made aerial bomb).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with an <\/span><b>autonomous navigation system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that allows it to <\/span><b>fly at low altitudes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while following the terrain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>For target acquisition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the missile uses an <\/span><b>electro-optical system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> featuring <\/span><b>high-precision image matching <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technology.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image-matching guidance allows the missile to <\/span><b>compare images captured<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by its onboard sensors<\/span><b> with reference imagery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help determine its position and identify its intended target. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is particularly useful when satellite navigation signals are disrupted or unavailable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company has withheld its exact range and speed, but the new missile is said to be faster<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and has a<\/span><b> longer range than the ICE BREAKER, which has a range of up to 300 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/military\/rafael-unveils-super-ice-cruise-missile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Ice Missile is a long-range cruise missile developed by Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. 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