Maariv newspaper, in a report by Avi Ashkenazi, wrote: Naftali Bennett, after becoming prime minister in 2021, was surprised to discover that Israel has neither a specific operational military plan to attack Iran nor the tools necessary to stop its nuclear program. For this reason, he asked the defense industries to work day and night in order to develop the weapons needed by the regime's army. The most important challenge was bypassing Iran's extensive radar network and air defenses in the region, which led to the development of the ICE family of long-range cruise missiles by Rafael.
According to Maariv, missiles from this family were used in Israeli operations against Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and even Qatar, according to foreign reports. Rafael has now unveiled the new generation of this missile, called Super Ice, which has a longer range, higher speed, larger dimensions and greater destructive power than the previous generation, and has retained its launch capability from land, air and sea.
The author emphasizes that this missile is a response to threats from Iran and even potential future threats from Turkey, as well as military movements in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. In his opinion, the global arms race is moving towards precise and advanced weapons, and the experience of the operations against the Houthis in Yemen also proved the importance of combining precise weapons with precise intelligence in order to target senior commanders.