Sea Breaker
Sea Breaker is a fifth generation precision-guided, autonomous, long-range anti ship and land attack missile system. It is being designed and developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. It can be launched from either ships or land.
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Sea Breaker is a fifth generation precision-guided, autonomous, long-range anti ship and land attack missile system. It is being designed and developed by Rafael Advanced Defence Systems. It can be launched from either ships or land.
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The air launched version of this missile is known as Ice Breaker. Bullseye is a missile derived from the Sea Breaker and built by General Atomics.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems began work on the Sea Breaker in the late 2010s as a successor to its earlier Gabriel and Spike missile families. The project aimed to produce a fifth-generation, precision-guided weapon capable of striking maritime and land targets at stand-off ranges while operating in GNSS-denied environments. The missile was formally unveiled on 30 June 2021. During development, Rafael incorporated an advanced IIR (Imaging Infrared) seeker, ATR (Automatic Target Recognition) and AI–based guidance algorithms, as well as a two-way data link to allow in-flight retargeting and battle-damage assessment. The system was designed for launch from surface vessels and land-based launchers, with a stated range of up to 300 km and a 113 kg (250 lb) warhead. Building on the Sea Breaker programme, Rafael developed an air-launched variant under the name Ice Breaker. This version was designed to provide similar capabilities to fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, maintaining a high degree of commonality with the naval and land variants. Ice Breaker was first shown publicly at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2022. The missile retained the Sea Breaker’s IIR seeker, GNSS-independent navigation, electronic countermeasure resistance and mid-course data link, while being optimised for carriage under aircraft pylons.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
In order to facilitate the manufacturing of the Ice Breaker stand-off air-to-surface missile in India, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems signed a memorandum of understanding during Aero India 2025. The missile will be customized to meet the Indian Armed Forces' specific operational requirements. With a few minor avionics and store certification changes, the platforms that can support the Spice 1000 can incorporate the Ice Breaker. The HAL Prachand can carry two missiles, while fixed-wing aircraft like the HAL Tejas and Mikoyan MiG-29K can carry up to four.
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- 1.aviationspaceindia.com. BDL and Rafael Sign Agreement for Ice Breaker Missile Production in India. 12 February 2025.
- 2.DSEI 2021: Rafael Showcases Sea Breaker Missile. NAVAL NEWS. 28 September 2021.
- 3.Rafael Positions Sea Breaker as a Multi-Domain, Counter A2AD Cruise Missile. Defence update. 30 June 2021.
- 4.DSEI 2021: Rafael Showcases Sea Breaker Missile. NAVAL NEWS. 28 September 2021.
- 5.Rafael unveils Sea Breaker advanced autonomous long-range missile system. Janes. 30 June 2021.
- 6.Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveils Sea Breaker, 5th generation missile with 300 km range. TIMES NOW. 30 June 2021.
- 7.EDR magazine - Ice breaker cruise missile.
- 8.Frantzman, Seth. Rafael unveils once-secret Ice Breaker missile. Defense News. 2022-07-12.
- 9.Manaranche, Martin. Rafael Unveils A New Long Range Guided Missile System, 'Sea Breaker'. Naval News. 2021-06-30.
- 10.Udoshi, Rahul. Aero India 2025: BDL, Rafael sign Ice Breaker agreement. janes.com. 2025-02-13.
- 11.Egozi, Arie. Ice Breaker Missiles to be Manufactured in India. gbp.com.sg. 2025-02-21.
- 12.Kumar, A. Azerbaijan Inducts Israel’s Sea Breaker Cruise Missile for Coastal Defense. The Defense News. 6 November 2025.
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