Indian Air Force receives Spice-2000 ‘building blaster’ buster bombs

News:Indian Air Force(IAF) has received the new version of the guided air-to-ground Spice-2000 bombs from Israel.

Facts:

About SPICE 2000:

• SPICE stands for Smart, Precise Impact, Cost Effective.
• The bomb comes from a family of standoff air-to-ground weapon systems.
• The bomb is basically an electro-optical/GPS guidance kit to convert air dropped unguided bombs into precision guided ‘Smart’ bombs.
• SPICE has a stand-off range of 60 km.It is a highly sophisticated piece of weaponry.
• These bombs are difficult to detect by most ground-based radars.
• SPICE can also overcome errors in locating the target,GPS jamming and reduces collateral damage.

Additional information:

About precision-guided munition:

• A precision-guided munition (PGM, smart weapons, smart munitions, smart bomb) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets.