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Rafael Demos Lightweight Version Of Spike Anti-Tank Missile For The Army

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

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Rafael Demos Lightweight Version Of Spike Anti-Tank Missile For The Army

A soldier participates in a demonstration of Rafael's Spike Short Range (SR) anti-tank missile. Photo: Rafael.

Israel’s Rafael held a live-fire demonstration of the lightweight version of its Spike anti-tank guided missile for the Army this month, the company said Thursday. Rafael said it received “positive feedback on the system’s light weight, lethality and ease of use” from soldiers who assessed the Spike Short Range (SR) missile as part of January’s Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE). “This light-weight system can greatly enhance squad-level soldier lethality, a core capability of the Army,” Joe Anderson, CEO of Rafael…

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