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For the U.S. Navy-designed missile of the same name, see NAVAIR Spike.SpikeSPIKE ATGM.jpgSpike ATGM Command & launcher unit (CLU) with mock-up Spike-LR missile mounted on a tripod at Singapore Army Open House 2007Type Anti-tank missilePlace of origin IsraelService historyIn service1981–present (Spike NLOS)1997–presentUsed by See OperatorsWars 1982 Lebanon War, Second Intifada, Iraq War, 2006 Lebanon War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Gaza War, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflictProduction historyDesigned Late 1970s (Spike NLOS)Manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense SystemsDiehl BGT Defence (Now part of Rheinmetall Defence Electronics)Bharat Dynamics[1]ProducedEarly 1980s – present (Spike NLOS)1997–presentNo. built over 27,000[2]Variants See versionsSpecificationsWeightSpike-ER from helicopter:• Missile in canister: 34 kg (74 lb 15 oz)• Launcher: 55 kg (121 lb 4 oz)• Launcher + 4 missiles: 187 kg (412 lb 4 oz)Spike-MR/LR from ground:[3]• Missile round: 14 kg (30 lb 14 oz)• Command & launch unit (CLU): 5 kg (11 lb 0 oz)• Tripod: 2.8 kg (6 lb 3 oz)• Battery: 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz)• Thermal sight: 4 kg (8 lb 13 oz)Length 1,670 mm (5 ft 6 in) (Missile w/launcher)Diameter 170 mm (6.7 in) (Missile w/launcher)Rate of fire Ready to launch in 30 seconds, reload in 15 secondsEffective firing range 1.5 km (Spike-SR)2.5 km (Spike-MR)4 km (Spike-LR)8 km (Spike-ER)25 km (Spike NLOS)Sights 10× optical sightWarhead Tandem-charge HEAT warheadDetonationmechanismImpactEngine Solid-fuel rocketGuidancesystemInfrared homing – Electro Optical (CCD, IR or Dual CCD/IIR), Passive CCD or dual CCD/IIR seekerSpike is an Israeli fourth generation[4] man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge HEAT warhead, developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.As well as engaging and destroying targets within the line-of-sight of the launcher (“fire-and-forget”), some variants of the missile are capable of making a top-attack profile through a “fire, observe and update” guidance method;[4] the operator tracking the target, or switching to another target, optically through the trailing fiber-optic wire (or RF link in the case of the vehicle-mounted, long-range NLOS variant) while the missile is climbing to altitude after launch. This is similar to the lofted trajectory flight profile of the US FGM-148 Javelin.[citation needed]