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8ak - Indian Defence News
21 May 2010 8ak: In April 2010, senior Peruvian defence personnel including the defence minister, army chief and senior legislators had a narrow escape when the Israeli Rafael's Spike LR anti-tank missile went haywire and landed 50 metres from where they were standing. Representatives on the site were taken to task and admitted to a technical problem with the equipment and were asked to submit a report within a week.
Fortunately, it did not explode so only one person was badly injured in the chaos that followed. According to TMCnet, the missile is designed to sets off two explosions when it reaches the target. The first shatters the tank's armour and the second injects a jet of heat that reaches 5,000 degrees celcius. In 2009, DID reported that Peru had placed a US$73million order for 488 Israeli and Russian anti-tank missiles.
In India, Rafael's Spike is a contender for a helicopter-launched version for which the RFP was issued recently. Israel has demonstrated the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on some occasions in expectation of an upcoming tender for next generation fire-and-forget ATGMs. However, it will face tough competition from MBDA's Milan, 2 offerings from American Raytheon - Javelin & M47 Dragon and India's own NAG.
DRDO developed NAG under the, now completed, Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. NAG has a range up to 7km and its guidance is based on an imaging infra-red (IIR) passive seeker. DRDO's website claims that the all-weather seeker is under advanced stage of development. After summer tests in July 2009 it was expected to start production later in the year.
21 May 2010 8ak: In April 2010, senior Peruvian defence personnel including the defence minister, army chief and senior legislators had a narrow escape when the Israeli Rafael's Spike LR anti-tank missile went haywire and landed 50 metres from where they were standing. Representatives on the site were taken to task and admitted to a technical problem with the equipment and were asked to submit a report within a week.
Fortunately, it did not explode so only one person was badly injured in the chaos that followed. According to TMCnet, the missile is designed to sets off two explosions when it reaches the target. The first shatters the tank's armour and the second injects a jet of heat that reaches 5,000 degrees celcius. In 2009, DID reported that Peru had placed a US$73million order for 488 Israeli and Russian anti-tank missiles.
In India, Rafael's Spike is a contender for a helicopter-launched version for which the RFP was issued recently. Israel has demonstrated the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on some occasions in expectation of an upcoming tender for next generation fire-and-forget ATGMs. However, it will face tough competition from MBDA's Milan, 2 offerings from American Raytheon - Javelin & M47 Dragon and India's own NAG.
DRDO developed NAG under the, now completed, Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. NAG has a range up to 7km and its guidance is based on an imaging infra-red (IIR) passive seeker. DRDO's website claims that the all-weather seeker is under advanced stage of development. After summer tests in July 2009 it was expected to start production later in the year.
