SPYDER

Air defence system IsraelIn service

SPYDER — Photo: Ereshkigal1 · CC BY 3.0 · background removed

Key specs

Type: Air defence system
Origin: Israel
Manufacturer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Designer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Production start: 2005
Status: In service

Overview

SPYDER is an air defence system from Israel, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Production began in 2005. It engages aircraft and missiles at up to 80 km and 16 km altitude. It is used or was used by Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Ethiopia, India and 6 other countries.

Armament

Main armament: ×4 Python-5 or Derby missiles in any combination per MFU
Maximum range of fire: 15 km
Engagement range: 80 km
Engagement altitude: 16,000 m

Variants

SPYDER-SRSPYDER-MRSPYDER LR (counter TBM)

Users & conflicts

Operators

United Arab Emirates

Sources

Wikipedia (fr): Spyder (missile), Wikipedia
Wikipedia: SPYDER, Wikipedia

Figures from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article, completed from Wikidata and the article in other languages where it gives none; where there are several versions, the first one given. Operators include former ones; the side that used a vehicle in a war is derived from its operators.