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Rampage

The "Rampage" missile is named after a popular video-game. Rampage, the 2018 blockbuster movie starring Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, and was based on a video game. Rampage is about genetically enhanced animals turned Godzilla-sized monsters on a path of destruction. The 1986 source material is built on the idea that wrecking stuff is stupid fun. The Rampage video game was a goofy tragedy about people, transformed by mad science, taking out their rage. The game was widely known as “a game about nothing” inspiring glee simply by providing players with the chance to lay untold waste to city after city.

The Rampage long-range supersonic air-to-ground precision strike missile features high survivability, operational flexibility and enables salvo strikes against high-value targets. Based on advanced technologies and designed for fast response and precision strikes, the innovative air-to-ground missile features a pre-programmable or in-flight mission profile, Navigation Satellite System/INS with anti-jam capabilities, a general purpose warhead and fire-and-forget capabilities. The standoff weapon enables salvo strikes against high-value targets such as air force bases and control towers, air defense sites, munitions storage, bunkers, logistics centers, communication infrastructures and other infrastructure facilities.

Rampage is compatible with a variety of aircraft and features various methods of aircraft-to-weapon interface: standalone, via avionic system or wireless with mobile device inside the cockpit.

The supersonic weapon is 4.7m (15.4ft) long and has a total weight of 570kg (1,250lb). It is designed to be launched from a fighter jet 150 km away from the target, meaning it will not be detected by the enemy's detection and interception systems. By June 2018 the IMI Systems (formerly Israel Military Industries) and the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) were at the final development stages of the new air-to-surface missile.

Joseph Trevethick at The Drive reported "Rampage is an air-launched derivative of IMI Systems’ ground-launched Extended Range Artillery guided artillery rocket, or EXTRA". This is probably true, as one depiction of the EXTRA missile is nearly identical to Rampage, though the latter has a shallow fairing for attachment to the aircraft rack. But another depiction of EXTRA shows a somewhat different missile.

The Rampage missile is guided by a GPS system, which will allow it to strike during the day as well as the night and in any weather conditions including fog and cloudiness. The missile has two kinds of warheads, with the one designed for penetrating armor protected targets such as bunkers and those immune to shrapnel damage.

The missile can be carried by Israel Air Force’s F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighter jets and is meant to be fired into areas protected by air-defense systems. The targets that best fit the capabilities of the missile include communication and command centers, air force bases, maintenance centers, infrastructures and valuable field targets protected by anti-aircraft batteries.

Developed in response to a clear operational need of the future battlefield, as the “counter weapon”, namely munition dropped from outside the area protected by anti-air [missiles], the Rampage boasts a warhead, rocket engine and advanced navigation suite which allow execution of the assault mission of high quality, well-protected targets with utmost precision.

The Rampage features optimal penetration capability into protected areas. Its focal precision prevents collateral damage at a very low mission cost compared with existing solutions. The targets that best fit the capabilities of the new rocket include communication and command centers, air forces bases, maintenance centers, infrastructures and valuable field targets protected by anti-air systems.

Boaz Levy, general manager and executive VP of IAI’s Rockets and Space Group, said, “We believe in the Rampage since it is an important product that fulfills a true operational need in a very efficient way. IMI and IAI have invested a great deal of thought in developing this product that reflects the extensive technological know-how and experience of both companies with a price tag, which is attractive and relevant for the global market.”

Eli Reiter, manager of IMI Systems’ Firepower Division, said, “IMI Systems and IAI are proud to unveil a response to the challenges of modern battlefields. The Rampage joins a family of accurate rockets, which we have been providing to advanced militaries for years. Rampage complements the air response with a quantum leap in performance and extraordinary cost-effectiveness ratio, two factors which are important to many air forces around the world.”

Military and strategic expert Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi confirmed that the Israeli raid on the Al-Jamous area in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, was carried out using the Israeli "Rampage" missile, which has many advantages. According to the Lebanese National News Agency, an Israeli F-35 aircraft targeted an apartment in the Jamous area in the southern suburb with two missiles. The Israeli army announced the assassination of Hezbollah military leader Ibrahim Aqil in an air strike 20 Septembe 2024 that targeted the southern suburb of Beirut.

Hezbollah mourned two military commanders and 14 fighters who were killed in the Israeli raid on the southern suburb of Beirut. The party mourned the commander Ahmed Wahbi, who was in charge of the "Radwan Force" until early 2024, and who was assassinated along with the military commander Aqil. According to Colonel Al-Falahi - in an analysis of the military scene in Lebanon - the "Rampage" missile that was used in the Bamous area is a high-precision missile, used to strike strategic and important targets, and is characterized by its stealth feature. It can be guided via the Global Positioning System (GPS) or satellites, and the pilot can launch this missile and then transfer the coordinates from the plane to the missile. The missile is used by the F-15, F-16 and F-35, which are aircraft with great specifications and capabilities.

According to the military and strategic expert, the missile was used to strike the Isfahan base in 2024, and was also used in 2019, but he did not mention where it was used. On the other hand, Colonel Al-Falahi confirms that the Israeli air strike on the southern suburb came as part of the escalation between the Israeli occupation and Hezbollah, pointing out that recent military and media statements in Israel spoke of a major military operation that will take place on the northern front. He pointed out that the Israeli air strikes on Lebanon continued in a large way, and during the explosion of the pagers , the occupation carried out approximately 100 air strikes, in addition to strikes carried out by the Israeli Air Force deep inside Lebanon.