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The company says that 34 countries use the Spike family of missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany and Latvia both use SPIKE LR II missiles, and sales of the weapon are beginning to reach in the thousands, according to Rafael, which attributes the sales to the missile\u2019s easy integration for existing users of the original Spike LR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spike LR II was sold to Slovankia as part of the Eurospike program, a joint venture between Rafael, Diehl Defense and Rheinmetall Electronics. NATO\u2019s Support and Procurement Agency is conducting the purchase, according to a Rafael spokesman. The deal between Rafael and the Slovak Ministry of Defence also includes dismounted advanced integrated control launch units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slovakia conducted field testing of the Spike missile over the last two years with remote control weapon stations on Patria vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis procurement by Slovakia follows past contracts of SPIKE Missile by Germany, Baltic States Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, as well as many other European countries, which has created common ATGM [anti-tank guided missile] capabilities within Europe, serving interoperability and potentially future cross-nation mutual support,\u201d Eurospike Managing Director Wolfgang Herrnberger said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gal Papier, head of marketing and business development for precision tactical weapons systems in Rafael\u2019s Land and Naval divisions, says the missile\u2019s 5.5-kilometer range is the farthest in its category and gives users the ability to not only fire and forget but also use a data link for third-party target allocation, meaning a UAV or others can supply coordinates without line-of-sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat may sound simple, but it\u2019s a unique advantage to work with other forces and effectors and sensors,\u201d Papier said. He also said the missile offers \u201cman-in-the-loop features, such as re-targeting midflight, attack of hidden targets beyond line\u2013of-sight, as well as the ability to launch to non-line-of-sight targets based solely on their geo-coordinates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are about 33,000 Spike missiles in use around the world, and 6,000 have been fired in combat and training, according to Rafael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has been making other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2019\/11\/27\/israeli-industry-foresees-growth-in-europe-if-it-can-face-off-against-foreign-defense-giants\/\" target=_blank>inroads<\/a> on the European continent with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2019\/12\/13\/germany-hires-rafael-atos-to-create-a-glass-battlefield\/\" target=_blank>\u201cglass battlefield\u201d project<\/a> in Germany. This is part of a series of increasing Israel defense industry contracts in Europe over the last year that have included UAVs, radar and other systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rafael is also marketing the Spike LR II to its existing Spike users in Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slovakia will now become the sixth country to use the fifth-generation weapon, and the third NATO member to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":114946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":12,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,46,11,12,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3452],"class_list":["post-58889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-europe","category-global","category-industry","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"BPHUE4LFO5AMZCTST6L55FVBVI","arc_canonical_url":"\/industry\/2020\/03\/09\/slovakia-selects-rafaels-spike-lr-ii-missile-for-anti-tank-capability\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slovakia selects Rafael\u2019s Spike LR II missile for anti-tank capability - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Slovakia will now become the sixth country to use the fifth-generation weapon, and the third NATO member to do so.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slovakia selects Rafael\u2019s Spike LR II missile for anti-tank capability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Slovakia will now become the sixth country to use the fifth-generation weapon, and the third NATO member to do so.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2020\/03\/09\/slovakia-selects-rafaels-spike-lr-ii-missile-for-anti-tank-capability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-09T20:23:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T00:17:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Seth J. 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