Rafael's Super Ice unveiled to surprise enemies in future wars

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Tuesday unveiled its new "Super Ice" cruise missile which was designed to continue to surprise various enemies in the future who may have learned many of Israel's tactics in recent years.Super Ice is the next generation of the Icebreaker cruise missile, launched in 2021-2022, which includes a warhead which is four times the size of the earlier generation, but has managed to reach a faster speed and longer range.With a 1,000 pound warhead compared to the Icebreaker's 250 pound warhead, Super Ice is far more destructive.In addition, despite the weight of the warhead, Super Ice can be fired off of all of Israel's major aircraft, F-35, F-16, and F-15.In contrast, there are some even heavier weapons, which can only be fired from the F-15, an older aircraft lacking stealth capabilities.Rafael sources declined to disclose the new extended range of Super Ice, but the Icebreaker missile had a 300 kilometer plus range, which means the new product certainly exceeds that.Likewise, Rafael sources declined to reveal the new higher speed which Super Ice can achieve, but Icebreaker was able to reach at least Mach 0.8-0.9, such that the new model can certainly outperform those speeds.Generally, the advantage of a cruise missile like Super Ice, as with Icebreaker, is to serve as a lightweight, low altitude, autonomous weapon…