2. Introduction
• The "SPICE" (Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective) is
an Israeli-developed, EO/GPS-guided guidance kit for
converting air-droppable unguided bombs into precision
guided bombs.
• A derivative of the "Popeye" (AGM-142 Have Nap) air-to-
surface missile, the "Spice" is a product of Israeli
company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
• It achieved initial operational capability during 2003,
in Israeli Air Force F-16 squadrons.
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4. About Spice
• The "Spice" munition is more advanced than most EO-guided bombs, since it
combines the advantages of satellite guidance and those of electro-optical
guidance into one bomb – reducing the amount of munitions (and hence,
payload) that an aircraft has to carry for a given strike mission, increasing
its combat radius and manoeuvrability.
• This multiple guidance methods selectability is especially important in an
"information warfare" battlefield, where an aircraft might approach a
surface target while it is, for example, masked with smoke or moving
around.
• Another advantage of the "Spice" is its ability to be fed, pre-flight, with up
to 100 different targets it may have to engage.
• The one target it will actually engage may then be selected, inflight, by an
air crewman.
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6. Specifications
•Warhead: Mk. 83 (453 kg) or Mk. 84
(907 kg)
•CEP: 3 meters
•Guidance type: CCDIIR with GPSINS
•Carrying-capable aircraft: F-15, F-
16, Tornado
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8. Variants
• Spice 1000 - An add-on kit for 1000 lb warheads such as the MK-
83, BLU-110, RAP-1000 and others. The weapon has deployable
wings similar to the JSOW and the SDB that substantially
increase its range and facilitate the integration to light fighter
aircraft.
• Spice 2000 - An add-on kit for 2000 lb warheads such as the MK-
84, BLU-109, RAP-2000 and others.
• Spice 250 - A 113 kg (249 lb) glide bomb designed as a complete
system rather than an add-on kit, with a stand-off range of
54 nmi (100 km; 62 mi).
