(Stars and Stripes) Matthew M. Burke - American and Polish troops on Wednesday launched two Israeli-made Spike Non-Line of Sight missiles from Apache helicopters that traveled 16 miles out to sea to destroy a pair of floating targets in pinpoint strikes in the first such test-fire in Europe. Apache pilots can fire the weapon without seeing their target - even from behind mountains - and without exposing themselves to the enemy, said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Weisskopf. Produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Spike missile can destroy armor, air defense, artillery, naval flotillas and even troop formations up to 30 miles away, about four times the distance of the current Hellfire missile.
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