(Defense News) Barbara Opall-Rome - Israel's precision weapon of choice in response to hostile fire from Syria is Tammuz, a formidable sensor-fused network that detects and targets sources of fire. The IDF publicly credited the sensor-to-shooter network for the precision strike that destroyed a Syrian Army gunner's position on May 20. An Israeli Army officer said the Tammuz - a non-line-of-sight version of the Spike anti-tank missile - has become the "shooter of choice" against Syrian fire into Israeli territory. Operated by Israel's Artillery Corps, the round has an electro-optical, day-night seeker for precision strikes against targets up to 25 km. away, enabling "one-shot, one-kill" destruction of targets.
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