(DRAFT) Sea Breaker and Ice Breaker - Rafael's long-range, autonomous and precision-guided cruise missile

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History:
The Sea Breaker started development by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in late 2010s as a successor of the Gabriel and Spike missile families. The sea missile version was officially presented on 30 June 2021, and its intended to be launched from sea and land platforms.

The Ice Breaker its the air launched version of the Sea Breaker, it was officially presented at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2022.

During Aero India 2025, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems signed a memorandum of understanding, meaning that the Indian Armed Forces will be the first customer of the Sea/Ice Breaker.
During Azerbaijan’s Victory Day parade in Baku on 8 November 2025, it was showed the Sea Breaker missile mounted at the back of a truck.

There is no more available information about development or test/combat use, rathen than paper information and mockups, also India & Azerbaijan clients.

Specifications:
The missile its meant to be compatible to every aircraft that can carry SPICE 1000 bombs. So for example, if an F-16D can carry 4xSPICE 1000 then it could also carry 4xIce Breaker missiles.

  • Lenght: 4.0 m
  • Diameter: 0.35 m
  • Weight: 400 kg
  • Warhead weight: 250 lb
  • Engine: TRI-60 Turbojet
  • Maximum range: 300 km at low terrain
  • Flight altitude: Low level-terrain following - Sea skimming
  • Maximum speed: High subsonic
  • Navigation: TERCOM + GPS jam-anting + INS
  • Seeker: Imaging Infrared (IIR)
Pictures

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Sources

Sea Breaker - Wikipedia
Singapore Airshow - Rafael: Ice and Sea Breaker ready for delivery in 2025 - EDR Magazine
Rafael shows off new long-range strike missile | News | Flight Global
https://www.rafael.co.il/system/ice-breaker/
https://www.rafael.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sea-breaker-naval-and-land-weapon-system.pdf
Rafael unveiled the Ice Breaker 5th generation long-range, autonomous precision-guided cruise missile. - The Aviation Geek Club

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Because the missile its new, it doesn’t have enough information or real photos of the missile that are not mockups to make a suggestion, so it stay as a DRAFT… for now?.

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