{"id":13696,"date":"2023-08-04T04:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T01:00:33","slug":"what-is-spike-non-line-of-sight-nlos-anti-tank-guided-missile-atgm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-spike-non-line-of-sight-nlos-anti-tank-guided-missile-atgm\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Spike Non Line of Sight (NLOS) Anti-tank Guided Missile (ATGM)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Spike Non Line of Sight (NLOS) Anti-tank Guided Missile (ATGM)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>fire-and-forget anti-tank<\/strong> and <strong>anti-personnel missile<\/strong> with a tandem-charge <strong>high-explosive warhead.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems<\/strong>, a defence technology <strong>company based in Israel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>available in man-portable<\/strong>, <strong>vehicle-launched<\/strong>, and <strong>helicopter-launched<\/strong> variants.<\/li>\n<li>Spike missiles are being <strong>used by the defence forces of Israel and another 38 countries<\/strong>, <strong>including<\/strong> <strong>India,<\/strong> Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Peru, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, UK,\u00a0 Philippines, and Singapore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It can <strong>hit targets from distances of up to 30 kilometres.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight: 71 kg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>uses an electro-optical seeker<\/strong> <strong>that enables<\/strong> the launch operator <strong>to clearly see targets<\/strong>, unlike missiles reliant on radar or infrared guidance.<\/li>\n<li>The seeker is also <strong>coupled to a datalink<\/strong> that <strong>enables the launch operator to control the missile in flight<\/strong> to attack different parts of a tank or select another target, if not abort the strike.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It can be armed with different types of warheads<\/strong> suited to destroy tanks, air defence systems or for use in urban combat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is an electro-optical seeker?<\/h3>\n<p>An electro-optical seeker, also known as an EO seeker, is a critical component of many guided missile systems and smart munitions. It is an advanced targeting system that uses electro-optical sensors and technology to track and home in on a target. Electro-optical seekers are commonly used in precision-guided weapons, such as anti-ship missiles, air-to-surface missiles, and guided bombs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/videos\/world-news\/french-army-leave-now-angry-nigeriens-wave-russian-flags-at-niamey-protest-military-deals-french-channels-banned-101691121948400.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>India Gets Israeli &#8216;Tank-Killer&#8217; Spike NLOS; IAF To Equip Russia-Made Mi-17V5 With Deadly Missiles<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spike Non Line of Sight (NLOS) is a fire-and-forget anti-tank and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive warhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}