76-577: Spike MR/LR from tripod: Spike SR: Missile guidance: Spike ( Hebrew : ספייק) is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. As of 2024, it is in its sixth generation. It was developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems . It is available in man-portable , vehicle-launched, helicopter-launched and maritime variants. The missile can engage and destroy targets within
152-485: A Geresh , represent the consonants [ t͡ʃ ] , [ d͡ʒ ] , [ ʒ ] . The consonant [ t͡ʃ ] may also be written as "תש" and "טש". [ w ] is represented interchangeably by a simple vav "ו", non-standard double vav "וו" and sometimes by non-standard geresh modified vav "ו׳". Modern Hebrew has fewer phonemes than Biblical Hebrew but it has developed its own phonological complexity. Israeli Hebrew has 25 to 27 consonants, depending on whether
228-463: A Hebrew form. Medieval Hebrew added 6421 words to (Modern) Hebrew. The approximate number of new lexical items in Israeli is 17,000 (cf. 14,762 in Even-Shoshan 1970 [...]). With the inclusion of foreign and technical terms [...], the total number of Israeli words, including words of biblical, rabbinic and medieval descent, is more than 60,000. Modern Hebrew has loanwords from Arabic (both from
304-643: A common noun. It was originally used to describe a blazed trail. The flower Anemone coronaria , called in Modern Hebrew kalanit , was formerly called in Hebrew shoshanat ha-melekh ('the king's flower'). For a simple comparison between the Sephardic and Yemenite versions of Mishnaic Hebrew, see Yemenite Hebrew . Modern Hebrew is classified as an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic family ,
380-556: A display integrated into the launcher, showing the target until launch. The warhead can either be a multi-purpose tandem shaped-charge warhead with blast-fragmentation effect or a new Penetration-Blast-Fragmentation (PBF) variant leveraged from the MATADOR 's anti-structure warhead to equip maneuvering forces in urban environments to breach enemy cover and structures with a lethal blast effect. In May 2016 Rafael concluded deliveries of Spike SR to its first export customer, later revealed to be
456-524: A launch container for 2 Spike LR missiles on the right of the ZSSW-30 turret : Modern Hebrew Modern Hebrew ( Hebrew : עִבְרִית חֲדָשָׁה [ʔivˈʁit χadaˈʃa] or [ʕivˈrit ħadaˈʃa] ), also called Israeli Hebrew or simply Hebrew , is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. Developed as part of the revival of Hebrew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it
532-585: A lesser extent Latin. In the Middle Ages, Hebrew made heavy semantic borrowing from Arabic, especially in the fields of science and philosophy. Here are typical examples of Hebrew loanwords: ST Engineering Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd , doing business as ST Engineering , is a Singaporean multinational technology and engineering group in the aerospace, smart city as well as defence and public security sectors. Headquartered in Singapore ,
608-511: A longer engagement range of 1.3–1.5 km (0.81–0.93 mi) when compared to the Spike SR. It was to introduce new flight modes to enable precision strikes in urban areas, such as flying through windows or attacking an enemy hidden behind defilade or obstacles using non-line-of-sight engagement. Mini Spike would use the same launcher and sight system of the Spike LR, loading the missile on
684-524: A need for a high-precision guided tactical ground-to-ground battlefield missile. The first variants entered service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in tandem with the Pereh missile carrier in 1981, though the existence of both was not revealed to the public until 2011. The Spike NLOS uses a fiber optic link similar to other Spike versions, but only out to 8 km, after which it employs
760-688: A radio data link for command guidance. In 2011 it also became known that in a highly unusual move, the British Army was hastily equipped with the missile for counter-mortar fire, drawn directly from IDF inventory after being exposed to increasing insurgent attacks in Iraq. Beginning in 2007 three variants of the NLOS were procured. A total of 600 missiles were acquired, the breakdown being 200 optical camera equipped NLOS Mk.2 in 2007, 200 thermal imaging equipped NLOS Mk.4 in 2008 for night operations (together with
836-602: A range of 4,000 meters and weight of 15 kg. The Almas-2 has a range of 8,000 meters when fired from the ground with claims of penetrating up to 1,000 mm of armor. The Almas-3 is a clone of the Spike ER with its warhead based on a two-stage high-explosive or thermobaric type. Boxer CRV : K21 Redback Eagle V Piranha V CV90 Spz Puma Marder 1A5 Wiesel 1 AWC - MELLS (weapon carrier), entered service in 2022: GTK Boxer Freccia : CV90 : Infantry fighting vehicles on order, to be equipped with
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#1732776623201912-444: A reduced missile weight to 13 kg (29 lb), and a reduced total system weight of 25 kg, increased range of 5.5 km (3.4 mi) at ground level and 10 km (6.2 mi) from helicopters using an RF data-link . Warhead options of tandem HEAT with 30% increased armor penetration or a multipurpose blast warhead with selectable impact or penetration detonation fusing, a new seeker that includes an uncooled IR sensor with
988-550: A smart target tracker with artificial intelligence features, the ability to fire on grid target coordinates using an inertial measurement unit for third party-target allocation, and is compatible with legacy launchers. The missile is designed with a counter- active protection system (CAPS) capability, being able to hit targets at higher impact angles of up to 70 degrees. First ordered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in October 2017. Extended range or extra-long range version of
1064-927: A special adaptor. By 2016, Mini Spike development had been discontinued. In May 2022, Rafael unveiled the Aerospike, a version of the Spike LR2 designed to be launched from fixed-wing aircraft . Weighing 14 kg and utilizing the same airframe, EO/IR seekers and warheads as the Spike LR2, it features longer wings to give it an improved glide ratio for a range of 30 km (19 mi) when launched from 8,200 metres (27,000 ft). The munition does not require GPS to navigate, incorporating scene-matching technology and detection and tracking capabilities. A real-time RF data-link allows for man-in-the-loop operation enabling mid-flight target handover, re-targeting and abort options while also controlling approach angle, azimuth and flight trajectory, achieving accuracy within 3 meters of
1140-522: A spoken language. By the late 19th century, Russian-Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda had begun a popular movement to revive Hebrew as a living language, motivated by his desire to preserve Hebrew literature and a distinct Jewish nationality in the context of Zionism . Soon after, a large number of Yiddish and Judaeo-Spanish speakers were murdered in the Holocaust or fled to Israel , and many speakers of Judeo-Arabic emigrated to Israel in
1216-625: A time, and the ability to hand over control after firing to another platform. It also has a Target Image Acquisition capability that can prioritize important targets for strike, and can be carried by strategic UAVs in the Heron-TP -class. The Israeli Navy uses a maritime version of the Spike NLOS, with a stated range of up to 32 kilometres (17 nmi) and equipped with a dual passive electro-optical guidance system and an infrared imaging camera with image processing capabilities. The deck launcher
1292-755: A weapon system for the SAGEM Sperwer unmanned aerial vehicle . The Spanish Army has fitted the Spike ER to its Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters. Both Israel and the United States have experimented with arming Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters with the Spike missile; the US variant is used in UH-60M Battlehawk helicopters. In order to facilitate the selling of the weapon system in Europe,
1368-495: Is 50 m (160 ft) and whose maximum range is 1.5 km (0.93 mi). It is equipped with a stiff-necked uncooled electro-optical infrared seeker and advanced tracker, as opposed to the gimballed seeker in the Spike MR/LR/ER versions. The Spike SR does not require a separate sight, instead utilizing the low-cost thermal camera and guidance electronics strapped to the missile's nose to provide this function through
1444-518: Is 8198, of which some 2000 are hapax legomena (the number of Biblical Hebrew roots, on which many of these words are based, is 2099). The number of attested Rabbinic Hebrew words is less than 20,000, of which (i) 7879 are Rabbinic par excellence, i.e. they did not appear in the Old Testament (the number of new Rabbinic Hebrew roots is 805); (ii) around 6000 are a subset of Biblical Hebrew; and (iii) several thousand are Aramaic words which can have
1520-462: Is an ultra long-range version of the weapon (Israeli designation: Tamuz , תמוז), with a claimed maximum range of 32 km (20 mi). It is a significantly larger missile than other Spike variants, with an overall weight of around 70 kg (150 lb). It can be launched from the ground or from helicopters. It was developed following lessons learned in the Yom Kippur War , which showed
1596-583: Is available for 8 or 4 missiles. On 2 September 2009, at an IDF exhibition held at the third Latrun annual land warfare conference, the Israeli Defense Force unveiled a new member of the Spike family of missiles – the Mini Spike Anti-personnel guided weapon (APGW). Rafael claimed that this latest member of the Spike family of missile costs and weighed only a third of the Spike LR at 4 kg (8.8 lb), while offering
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#17327766232011672-440: Is connected by a fiber-optical wire that is spooled out between the launch position and the missile. With this, the operator can obtain a target if it is not in the line of sight of the operator at launch, switch targets in flight, or compensate for the movement of the target if the missile is not tracking the target for some reason. Hence, the missile can be fired speculatively for a target of opportunity, or to provide observation on
1748-404: Is genealogically a hybrid with Indo-European. Those theories have not been met with general acceptance, and the consensus among a majority of scholars is that Modern Hebrew, despite its non-Semitic influences, can correctly be classified as a Semitic language. Although European languages have had an impact on Modern Hebrew, the impact may often be overstated. Although Modern Hebrew has more of
1824-454: Is not the consensus among scholars. Modern Hebrew is considered to be a koiné language based on historical layers of Hebrew that incorporates foreign elements, mainly those introduced during the most critical revival period between 1880 and 1920, as well as new elements created by speakers through natural linguistic evolution. A minority of scholars argue that the revived language had been so influenced by various substrate languages that it
1900-455: Is now used for ' plum ', but formerly meant ' jujube '. The word kishū’īm (formerly 'cucumbers') is now applied to a variety of summer squash ( Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica ), a plant native to the New World . Another example is the word kǝvīš ( כביש ), which now denotes a street or a road, but is actually an Aramaic adjective meaning 'trodden down' or 'blazed', rather than
1976-481: Is similar to the lofted trajectory flight profile of the US FGM-148 Javelin . Spike is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The missile is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker . The long and extended range versions of the Spike also have the capability of "Fire, Observe and Update" operating mode (also known as Lock-on after launch (LOAL)). The missile
2052-524: Is the official language of the State of Israel and the only Canaanite language still spoken as a native language. The revival of Hebrew predates the creation of the state of Israel, where it is now the national language . Modern Hebrew is often regarded as one of the most successful instances of language revitalization . Hebrew, a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family ,
2128-957: Is the only company in the world offering Airbus freighter conversions using OEM data. ST Engineering is a major investor in Skyports to provide drone services for Singapore’s Public Utilities Board . ST Engineering's technologies in Smart City addresses the connectivity, mobility, security, infrastructure and environmental needs of cities. Its products span over rail and road, autonomous and electric vehicles, mobility payment systems, building access and security systems, as well as IoT products for lighting, water and energy management. In March 2022, ST Engineering completed its acquisition of Transcore to enhance its Smart City products through TransCore’s tolling and congestion pricing businesses. ST Engineering's defence business provides integrated defence technologies and critical systems spanning
2204-452: Is used in handwriting. When necessary, vowels are indicated by diacritic marks above or below the letters known as Nikkud , or by use of Matres lectionis , which are consonantal letters used as vowels. Further diacritics like Dagesh and Sin and Shin dots are used to indicate variations in the pronunciation of the consonants (e.g. bet / vet , shin / sin ). The letters " צ׳ ", " ג׳ ", " ז׳ ", each modified with
2280-435: Is used. Modern Hebrew maintains classical syntactic properties associated with VSO languages: it is prepositional , rather than postpositional, in marking case and adverbial relations, auxiliary verbs precede main verbs; main verbs precede their complements, and noun modifiers ( adjectives , determiners other than the definite article [ה-] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= ( help ) , and noun adjuncts ) follow
2356-850: Is usually Arabic ; and half a million are expatriate Israelis or diaspora Jews . Under Israeli law, the organization that officially directs the development of Modern Hebrew is the Academy of the Hebrew Language , headquartered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The most common scholarly term for the language is "Modern Hebrew" ( עברית חדשה ). Most people refer to it simply as Hebrew ( עברית Hebrew pronunciation: [Ivrit] ). The term "Modern Hebrew" has been described as "somewhat problematic" as it implies unambiguous periodization from Biblical Hebrew . Haiim B. Rosén [ he ] (חיים רוזן) supported
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2432-664: The Canaanite branch of the Northwest Semitic subgroup. While Modern Hebrew is largely based on Mishnaic and Biblical Hebrew as well as Sephardi and Ashkenazi liturgical and literary tradition from the Medieval and Haskalah eras and retains its Semitic character in its morphology and in much of its syntax, some scholars posit that Modern Hebrew represents a fundamentally new linguistic system, not directly continuing any previous linguistic state. Though this
2508-625: The Jewish exodus from the Muslim world , where many adapted to Modern Hebrew. Currently, Hebrew is spoken by approximately 9–10 million people, counting native, fluent, and non-fluent speakers. Some 6 million of these speak it as their native language, the overwhelming majority of whom are Jews who were born in Israel or immigrated during infancy. The rest is split: 2 million are immigrants to Israel; 1.5 million are Israeli Arabs , whose first language
2584-699: The United States in 2001, locating its U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Virginia . It operates in 50 cities across 23 states. It was known as VT Systems (VTS; formerly known as Vision Technologies Systems ) until 1 July 2019, when VTS was changed to ST Engineering North America as part of the Group’s brand harmonization exercise in 2018. As of 28 February 2022, Temasek Holdings has a 51.69% shares in ST Engineering. ST Engineering's businesses span across
2660-503: The aerospace , smart city, defence and public security sectors. ST Engineering Aerospace provides aviation asset management to commercial airlines, airfreight operators and military operators. It is the world's largest airframe maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) company, and one of the few with in-house engineering design and development capabilities. On top of MRO capabilities, ST Engineering also has expertise as an OEM specialising in engine nacelle and composite panels. It
2736-523: The kingdoms of Israel and Judah , during about 1200 to 586 BCE. Scholars debate the degree to which Hebrew remained a spoken vernacular following the Babylonian captivity , when Old Aramaic became the predominant international language in the region. Hebrew died out as a vernacular language somewhere between 200 and 400 CE, declining after the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–136 CE, which devastated
2812-468: The Gaza border. In early 2014, Rafael revealed they had increased the range of the Spike LR to 5.5 km (3.4 mi), enhancing versatility on existing firing platforms and allowing it to be utilized on new ones like light helicopters. A new generation of the original Spike LR is in full-scale development and scheduled to be operational by the end of 2018. Spike LR2 (Israeli designation: Gil-2 , גיל 2) has
2888-579: The Group harmonised all brands by using "ST Engineering" as a Masterbrand while in 2020, the Group reorganised as Commercial and Defence & Public Security clusters, replacing the sector-structure of Aerospace, Electronics, Land Systems and Marine. ST Engineering's network of subsidiaries and associated companies spans across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. ST Engineering expanded to
2964-721: The M113 overheated in the desert and had a poor resolution camera display that compared unfavorably with its contemporaries. So Britain financed the development of the NLOS Mk.5 known in British service as the EXACTOR 2 which replaced the M113 APC with a towed trailer known as SPARC holding four missiles in a 360-degree rotating turret that could be remotely controlled up to 500 m away ditching the non-standard M113 APCs altogether when in 2010
3040-839: The MILEX 2023 exhibition held in May in Belarus and at the Partner 2023 exhibition held in September in Serbia. On 25 January 2024, a video was released that appeared to show Hezbollah forces using the system against an Israeli surveillance outpost at Shlomi. On 27 January 2024, another attack involving the Almas was reported at Rosh HaNikra. Variants include the Almas-1, an exact copy of the Spike with
3116-484: The NLOS Mk.2 these were known as EXACTOR-1), 200 dual camera equipped NLOS Mk.5 (EXACTOR-2) followed in 2009 which featured wings for slower but better maneuvering flight and a multi-purpose warhead replacing the anti-armor warhead of previous versions. For operational security, the codename of 'EXACTOR missile' was assigned in British service and it was initially mounted on launchers atop leased M113 APCs . The NLOS Mk.2 performed badly being too fast and difficult to control,
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3192-551: The Singapore Armed Forces to replace the Carl Gustaf M2 . The medium range version (Israeli designation: NT-Gil ). The weight of the missile is 14 kg (31 lb), its minimum range is 200 m, while its maximum range is 2,500 m (1.6 mi). It is used by infantry and special forces. Long range version (Israeli designation: NT-Spike ). The weight of the missile is 14 kg (31 lb), and
3268-516: The US Army announced its intention to procure Spike NLOS missiles to be mounted on Apache helicopters. A test was conducted in March 2021 where an AH-64E fired a Spike NLOS at a target 32 km (20 mi) away and scored a direct hit. In June 2022, Rafael unveiled the Spike NLOS 6th generation with range increased to 50 kilometres (31 mi), a salvo feature which can launch up to four missiles at
3344-554: The United States. ST Engineering was created in December 1997 as a merger of four listed companies: ST Aerospace, ST Electronics, ST Automative and ST Marine. Its shares debuted on the Singapore Exchange on 8 December 1997. Since then, ST Engineering has grown to become one of Asia's largest defence and engineering groups for commercial and defence organisations across multiple industries. In Mar 2007, ST Engineering
3420-492: The anti-ship role. The weight of the missile is 34 kg (74 lb 15 oz), the launchers are 30 kg (66 lb) and 55 kg (121 lb) respectively for the vehicle and air-launched versions. Penetration is around 1,000 mm (39 in) of RHA. A maritime version of the Spike ER, with a stated range of up to 10 kilometres (5.4 nmi) and equipped with an electro-optical guidance system. The deck launcher can hold 4 missiles. In August 2018, Rafael disclosed
3496-530: The batteries were transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan. In a deal concluded on 6 September 2011, the South Korean government had agreed to purchase an unknown number of Spike NLOS Mk.5 missiles. Rafael is working on expanding the missile's versatility by enhancing the existing EO-IR/CCD seeker with semi-active laser (SAL) capability and different anti-armor, blast-penetration, and high-explosive fragmentation warheads to meet specific applications. In 2020
3572-699: The company EuroSpike GmbH was formed in Germany. Its shareholders are Diehl Defence (40%), Rheinmetall Defence Electronics (40%) and Rafael via ERCAS B.V (20%). ERCAS B.V. is a Dutch holding company owned 100% by Rafael. EuroSpike GmbH is located in Röthenbach , Germany. The European variant of the Spike weapon system differs a little from the Israeli version and is marketed under the name EuroSpike . The missiles were also marketed and produced under license in Singapore by ST Engineering . For other areas of
3648-480: The development of an enhancement of the missile called the Spike ER2. It retains the same weight, airframe, surface geometries, and propulsion unit but introduces a two-way RF data-link to increase real-time control to an extended range of 16 km (9.9 mi) from helicopters; it also has an extended fiber optic link to increase range to 10 km (6.2 mi) from land and naval platforms. "Non Line Of Sight"
3724-674: The digital, air, land and sea domains. It has over four decades of activity in the development of military technology, from aircraft and avionics Avionics upgrades, to designing and building battlefield mobility platforms, soldier systems, ammunition and naval vessels. Its activities in Public Security cover critical infrastructure, intelligence operations, homeland security applications and maritime system, which have been implemented in more than 100 cities worldwide. In 2014, ST Engineering and its subsidiaries ST Engineering Marine and ST Engineering Aerospace were hit by one of
3800-546: The early Jewish immigrants to Ottoman Palestine was caused primarily by support from the organisations of Edmond James de Rothschild in the 1880s and the official status it received in the 1922 constitution of the British Mandate for Palestine . Ben-Yehuda codified and planned Modern Hebrew using 8,000 words from the Bible and 20,000 words from rabbinical commentaries. Many new words were borrowed from Arabic, due to
3876-615: The engineering and technology roles. ST Engineering's history began with its precursor, the Chartered Industries of Singapore , which was established in 1967 by the newly independent Singaporean government as an ammunition manufacturer. Businesses related to aerospace and shipbuilding were later created and put under the ST umbrella. The ST group of companies went commercial in 1990, setting up its first commercial airframe manufacturing, repair and overhaul facilities in Singapore and
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#17327766232013952-589: The falsification of accounts, former senior vice-president Mok Kim Whang who pleaded guilty to 49 out of 826 corruption charges, ex-chief operating officer Han Yew Kwang who pleaded guilty to 50 out of 407 charges and was sentenced to six months' jail and fined $ 80,000, former president of commercial business Tan Mong Seng who faced 445 corruption charges and was sentenced to 16 weeks' jail, and ex-financial controller Patrick Lee Swee Ching who pled guilty to seven of 38 charges of conspiring with others between 2004 and 2007 to make false entries in petty cash vouchers, and
4028-482: The features attributed to Standard Average European than Biblical Hebrew, it is still quite distant, and has fewer such features than Modern Standard Arabic. Modern Hebrew is written from right to left using the Hebrew alphabet , which is an abjad , or consonant-only script of 22 letters based on the "square" letter form, known as Ashurit (Assyrian), which was developed from the Aramaic script . A cursive script
4104-463: The group reported a revenue of S$ 7.7 billion in FY2021, ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange , and is one of Asia's largest defence and engineering groups. It is a component stock of FTSE Straits Times Index, MSCI Singapore, iEdge SG ESG Transparency Index and iEdge SG ESG Leaders Index. ST Engineering has about 23,000 employees worldwide with two-thirds of its employees in
4180-421: The head noun; and in genitive constructions, the possessee noun precedes the possessor. Moreover, Modern Hebrew allows and sometimes requires sentences with a predicate initial. Modern Hebrew has expanded its vocabulary effectively to meet the needs of casual vernacular, of science and technology, of journalism and belles-lettres . According to Ghil'ad Zuckermann : The number of attested Biblical Hebrew words
4256-429: The influence of different contact languages to which its speakers have been exposed during the revival period and over the past century. The word order of Modern Hebrew is predominately SVO ( subject–verb–object ). Biblical Hebrew was originally verb–subject–object (VSO), but drifted into SVO. In the modern language, a sentence may correctly be arranged in any order but its meaning might be hard to understand unless אֶת
4332-662: The language's common Semitic roots with Hebrew, but changed to fit Hebrew phonology and grammar, for example the words gerev (sing.) and garbayim (pl.) are now applied to 'socks', a diminutive of the Arabic ğuwārib ('socks'). In addition, early Jewish immigrants, borrowing from the local Arabs, and later immigrants from Arab lands introduced many nouns as loanwords from Arabic (such as nana , zaatar , mishmish , kusbara , ḥilba , lubiya , hummus , gezer , rayḥan , etc.), as well as much of Modern Hebrew's slang. Despite Ben-Yehuda's fame as
4408-673: The largest corruption scandals in Singapore history following investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau . In December 2014, former ST Engineering Marine and ST Engineering Aerospace president, Chang Cheow Teck, was charged with conspiring with two subordinates to offer bribes in return for ship-repair contracts between 2004 and 2010. The corruption charges were eventually withdrawn and in January 2017, Chang pleaded guilty to "failing to use reasonable diligence in performing his duties" and
4484-454: The launcher: the missile's imaging seeker is used. Altogether, the long range variant of the system weighs around 26 kg (57 lb). Spike can be operated from the launcher by infantry, or from mounts that can be fitted to vehicles such as fast attack vehicles, armoured personnel carriers or utility vehicles. Vehicles that are not normally fitted with anti-tank weapons can therefore be given anti-tank capability. Spike has been tested as
4560-428: The line-of-sight of the launcher ("fire-and-forget"), and some variants can make a top attack through a "fire, observe and update" method (essentially lock-on after launch ); 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
4636-509: The local Palestinian dialect and from the dialects of Jewish immigrants from Arab countries ), Aramaic , Yiddish , Judaeo-Spanish , German , Polish , Russian , English and other languages. Simultaneously, Israeli Hebrew makes use of words that were originally loanwords from the languages of surrounding nations from ancient times: Canaanite languages as well as Akkadian. Mishnaic Hebrew borrowed many nouns from Aramaic (including Persian words borrowed by Aramaic), as well as from Greek and to
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#17327766232014712-416: The majority of nouns and adjectives are formed by the classically Semitic devices of triconsonantal roots ( shoresh ) with affixed patterns ( mishkal ). Mishnaic attributive patterns are often used to create nouns, and Classical patterns are often used to create adjectives. Blended words are created by merging two bound stems or parts of words. The syntax of Modern Hebrew is mainly Mishnaic but also shows
4788-489: The newer variants LR2 and ER2 variants. Launching system used on all turrets equipped with the Spike missile. The Spike LR, ER and NLOS as well as the modernised variants can be used with these systems. The short range version of the weapon was unveiled in 2012 to give infantrymen a guided missile between the larger Spike MR and unguided rockets. The missile is 8 kg (18 lb) for a 9.8 kg (22 lb) disposable munition for use at platoon -level whose minimum range
4864-408: The now widely used term "Israeli Hebrew" on the basis that it "represented the non-chronological nature of Hebrew". In 1999, Israeli linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann proposed the term "Israeli" to represent the multiple origins of the language. The history of the Hebrew language can be divided into four major periods: Jewish contemporary sources describe Hebrew flourishing as a spoken language in
4940-402: The other side of an obstacle. The missile has a soft launch capability – the motor firing after the missile has left the launcher – that allows the missile to be fired from confined spaces, which is a necessity in urban warfare. The missile uses a tandem warhead consisting of two shaped charges : a precursor warhead to detonate any explosive reactive armor , and a primary warhead to penetrate
5016-788: The population of Judea . After the exile , Hebrew became restricted to liturgical and literary use. Hebrew had been spoken at various times and for a number of purposes throughout the Diaspora, and during the Old Yishuv it had developed into a spoken lingua franca among the Jews of Palestine . Eliezer Ben-Yehuda then led a revival of the Hebrew language as a mother tongue in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Modern Hebrew used Biblical Hebrew morphemes , Mishnaic spelling and grammar, and Sephardic pronunciation. Many idioms and calques were made from Yiddish . Its acceptance by
5092-475: The renewer of Hebrew, the most productive renewer of Hebrew words was poet Haim Nahman Bialik . One of the phenomena seen with the revival of the Hebrew language is that old meanings of nouns were occasionally changed for altogether different meanings, such as bardelas ( ברדלס ), which in Mishnaic Hebrew meant ' hyena ', but in Modern Hebrew it now means ' cheetah '; or shezīph ( שְׁזִיף ) which
5168-425: The speaker has pharyngeals . It has 5 to 10 vowels, depending on whether diphthongs and vowels are counted, varying with the speaker and the analysis. Modern Hebrew morphology (formation, structure, and interrelationship of words in a language) is essentially Biblical . Modern Hebrew showcases much of the inflectional morphology of the classical upon which it was based. In the formation of new words, all verbs and
5244-459: The target with a HEAT or blast fragmentation warhead. By the time of public announcement, the Aerospike was already in service with unnamed users. Iran received some Israeli Spike MR that were captured during the 2006 Lebanon War by the Hezbollah. An unlicensed variant that goes by the name of Almas ( Persian : الماس ). The ATGM was unveiled in public on 7 July 2021. It was shown overseas at
5320-402: The underlying armor. Currently, it is replacing aging semi-automatic command to line of sight second generation anti-tank missiles like the MILAN and M47 Dragon in the armies of the user nations . Spike missile is also equipped with heat chasing technology. The Spike system is made up of the launching tripod with its fire control unit and the missile. There is no dedicated thermal sight on
5396-434: The weapon (Israeli designation: NT-Dandy or NT-D ). It has a minimum range of 400 m and a maximum range of 8,000 m (5.0 mi). It has a larger diameter and is heavier than the other systems, and is usually vehicle mounted. It is used by infantry, Light Combat Vehicle (LCVs) , and helicopters. The Finnish Navy 's Coastal Jaegers and Philippine Navy 's Multi-purpose Attack Craft Mk.III also operate this version in
5472-496: The weight of the complete system is less than 45 kg (99 lb). Maximum range is 4,000 m (2.5 mi) and it is used by infantry and light combat vehicles. It adds fiber-optic communication to and from the operator during flight. Reported armour penetration capability is more than 700 mm (28 in) of Rolled homogeneous armour (RHA). It is also deployed in Sentry Tech remotely controlled weapons stations along
5548-524: The world, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is solely responsible. Rafael state over 40,000 missiles had been delivered to 41 countries by 2023, of which about 7,000 had been used in trials, training, and combat. The reusable Command & launch unit (CLU), battery, tripod and the thermal sight are common for both MR and LR versions of the Spike missile family, each weighing 5 kg (11 lb), 1 kg (2.2 lb), 2.8 kg (6.2 lb), and 4 kg (8.8 lb) respectively. They are used for
5624-486: Was given a short detention order of 14 days. Former ST Marine CEO and president See Leong Teck was also charged with seven counts of corruption. In December 2016, See was sentenced to 10 months' jail and a $ 100,000 fine. Since then, six other former ST Engineering Marine senior executives were implicated in the corruption scandal, including former financial controller and senior vice-president of finance Ong Tek Liam who pleaded guilty to ten out of 118 charges in relating to
5700-821: Was ranked 19th in the aerospace & defence industry and 1,661th of 2,000 of the world's largest public companies by Forbes. ST Engineering is a major player in the defence and military industries. It was ranked Number 61 in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 's list of the world's top 100 defence manufacturers in 2021. Outside of Singapore, it has sold defence products to over 100 countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Sweden, India, Thailand and Finland. ST Engineering do not design, produce or sell anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, white phosphorus munitions and its related key components. In 2018,
5776-466: Was spoken since antiquity and the vernacular of the Jewish people until the 3rd century BCE, when it was supplanted by Western Aramaic , a dialect of the Aramaic language , the local or dominant languages of the regions Jews migrated to, and later Judeo-Arabic , Judaeo-Spanish , Yiddish , and other Jewish languages . Although Hebrew continued to be used for Jewish liturgy , poetry and literature , and written correspondence, it became extinct as
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