Israeli company Rafael announced that the Royal Thailand Army (RTA) has recently received a supply of Rafael’s SPIKE MR anti-tank missiles and launchers following the procurement of the missile system earlier this year.
The RTA (Royal Thai Army) selected the SPIKE MR (Medium Range) variant after a process of evaluation and procured its first lot of missiles and launchers designated for its 6th infantry division.
SPIKE MR is an electro-optical Fire & Forget missile with a maximum firing range of 2.5 km. It is part of the wider SPIKE missile family, which consists of five variants (SR, MR, LR2, ER2, NLOS) of electro-optical, multi-purpose, multi-platform missiles, with ranges of up to 32km and fire-and-update capabilities. To-date, SPIKE has been sold to 35 countries, including 19 NATO nations, with over 33,000 missiles already supplied and more than 6,000 fired in tests and in combat. SPIKE missiles have been integrated onto 45 different vehicular, helicopter, and naval platforms.