Rafael to Unveil New Long-Range Air-To-Surface Missile at Farnborough Airshow

Israel’s Rafael said it will present its new Ice Breaker air-to-surface missile at the upcoming Farnborough International Airshow (July 18-22) in the UK.

The 5th generation long-range, autonomous, precision-guided missile system enables significant attack performance against a variety of high-value land, and sea targets. Weighing less than 400kg, the Ice Breaker has a length of about 4m and range of about 300km. It can reach high subsonic velocity and can carry warhead 250lb.

This unveiling comes one year since the company introduced the Sea Breaker, which serves as the naval and land-based version of the all-encompassing Ice Breaker. Ice Breaker is resilient to electronic countermeasures and is fully operational in GNSS-denied arenas.

The new missile provides surgical, pinpoint precision strike capabilities from standoff ranges of up to 300 km. It features an advanced Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) seeker, ideal for stationary or moving land and maritime target engagement in advanced Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) arenas.

It is compatible with various aerial platforms, including jet fighters, light aircraft, and helicopters, and is fully operational across all weather conditions. The missile’s datalink supports real-time man-in-the-loop decision-making and tactical updates, with mid-flight abort and Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) capabilities. Employing RAFAEL’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Ice Breaker performs deep-learning and big data-based scene-matching, enabling Automatic Target Acquisition (ATA) and Automatic Target Recognition (ATR).

Flying at high subsonic speeds, Ice Breaker has a multi-directional, synchronized full sphere attack capability, based on predefined attack plans, according to waypoints, azimuth, impact angle and aim-point selection.

It transforms light platforms (planes, helicopters, and ships) into dominating fighting machines, enlarging the stand-off capability of high-end platforms.