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2019-06-07 India-Pakistan

India to buy 100 more of the Israeli bunker-buster bombs used in attack on Pakistan terror camp

[RT] The Indian Air Force has inked a deal with an Israeli defense firm to restock its arsenal with an advanced version of a bunker-buster bomb it had used in an airstrike against an alleged terrorist hideout in Pakistan in February.

New Delhi will purchase 100 more SPICE-2000 bombs for an estimated $43.2 million. SPICE stands for “smart, precise-impact and cost-effective” and is manufactured by the Israeli defense technology company Rafael. The munitions are expected to be delivered to the Indian Air Force (IAF) within the next three months.

Designed to destroy bunkers and other buildings, the bombs are an advanced version of the munitions deployed when the IAF attacked the suspected terrorist compound in Balakot, Pakistan, earlier this year. Islamabad responded with strikes of its own the next day, eventually downing an Indian F-16 after a brief dogfight.

The high-tech SPICE bomb has a range of 60 km and uses real-time data to adjust its flight path according to changing factors.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-07 10:37|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 When you care enough to send the very best.

Posted by AlanC 2019-06-07 11:43|| 2019-06-07 11:43|| Front Page Top

#2 New Delhi will purchase 100 more SPICE-2000 bombs

The spice must blow (up)!

Posted by SteveS 2019-06-07 12:18|| 2019-06-07 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 The SPICE is actually a self-correcting guidance kit that consists of two parts. The 'glide' part and the 'track' part. It enables precise delivery of about 2000lbs. of explosive. Spiced munitions are more effective than standard EO (std telemetry guidance) as it coordinates in real time with an overhead sat and multiple sources to home in.
The bomb is a conventional GBU type explosive device, maximum supported for the spice 2000 is 2000lbs.

Very simple ordnance married to hi-tech. But simple is enough in this part of the world, when you have intent. The bombing of the Balakot terror school saw about 300 jihadi casualties in one night. Which was a first for a country like India.

תודה to our Israeli friends.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-07 14:38|| 2019-06-07 14:38|| Front Page Top

#4 With just six spiced bombs, we estimate we have saved $50m in expenditures required for COIN against that number of elements.

Cost effective indeed.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-07 14:42|| 2019-06-07 14:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Saved some COIN!

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-07 16:44|| 2019-06-07 16:44|| Front Page Top

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