Rafael reveals: The most advanced anti-aircraft missile in the world | Israel Today

Rafael Advanced Combat Systems Ltd., today (Thursday) unveiled the new Tammuz - the world's first generation 6-type electro-optical missile. The new missile has assimilated new, unique capabilities in the world that make it the first Generation 6 missile ever developed.

Ability to launch up to 4 missiles simultaneously (SALVO), from one launcher and under their control by a single operator.

This unique capability makes it possible to significantly increase the range of targets attacked at long range and thereby strengthen the element of surprise on enemy forces - an issue that is a significant operational aspect.

Advanced image matching technology

Attacking enemy quality targets using advanced image matching technology.

This capability, based on unique image processing technologies and algorithms, allows the missile to receive, while flying, images of the target required to attack, locate and hit it with maximum accuracy and prevent accidental damage.

An experiment conducted for an anti-tank missile, Photo: Raphael's spokeswoman

Thus, if until now the Tammuz missile was launched at a landmark and the operator had to locate the target and direct the missile at it (a complex technical task), today with the help of images provided by various electro-optical sensors (eg UAV, helicopter, plane and more) The missile locates the target on its own, marks it and helps the operator neutralize it more accurately and simply.

This capability is especially required in cases of attacking specific enemy quality targets, or when it is necessary to hit a target located between similar objects in space, such as: a command tank located between several enemy tanks, a specific vehicle moving between several other vehicles, a structure in a dense urban environment and the like .

The missile's range of attack was also increased, Photo: Raphael spokeswoman

Transferring control of the missile from the platform from which it is launched to another platform located in the HAND OVER space.

This capability is relevant to a variety of operational scenarios, such as in a case where a helicopter launches the Tammuz missile in an area protected by an air defense battery and immediately afterwards has to change its position, control the missile and target it can be transferred to a ground platform (light vehicle or armored vehicle) near and near the lane The attack.

The missile's range of attack was increased

Among all the improvements made to the 6th generation Tammuz missile, the missile's range of attack has also been increased and it is now capable of hitting targets within a range of 50 kilometers when launched from a helicopter and targets at ranges of up to 32 kilometers when it comes to a ground launch.

Increasing the ranges allows for higher survival for combatants operating on the missile-carrying platforms (ground vessels, helicopters and vessels), as the hit on enemy targets takes place in complete surprise and while the enemy has difficulty identifying the source of the launch.

"Constitutes an operational and technological breakthrough," Photo: Rafael spokeswoman

Dr. Ran Gozli, Head of the Land and Sea Brigade in Raphael: "The Tammuz missile is the first of Rafael's family of electro-optical home missiles (the Spike missiles) and is in operational use in the IDF and 39 other countries around the world."

Zvi Marmor, head of the Director of Precise Tactical Weapons Systems at Raphael: "Following the lessons of the Yom Kippur War, Raphael developed in the late 1970s the first version of the Tammuz missile, which was an operational and technological breakthrough."

Tammuz Missile: Developed accurately without being exposed to the enemy

The Tammuz missile (SPIKE NLOS), is an anti-tank missile (NT), a long-range electro-optical guided missile developed in Raphael to hit enemy targets from a long distance and accurately without being exposed to the enemy (without a line of sight to the target).

Today, over 40 years since it became the best anti-tank missile in the world and in light of the operational lessons emerging from the operations of IDF units as well as the needs of many Western armies around the world, Raphael is launching the sixth generation of Tammuz while equipping it with unprecedented technologies and operational capabilities.

These capabilities allow the missile to close faster and more accurate fire circles, the ability to neutralize multiple targets simultaneously and at greater ranges than in the past.

The Tammuz missile was designed and developed in Raphael, against the armored forces of the Syrian army as part of the lessons learned in the IDF after the Yom Kippur War. The latter began to be used by the IDF's various units also in asymmetric fighting on Israel's borders.

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