The Hellenic Navy conducted acceptance firings of Rafael-made SPIKE NLOS and SPIKE ER2 missiles during a joint live-fire exercise with Israel in the northern Cretan Sea, Naval News reports. The firings took place on October 21 and were reported on October 24, placing the systems in an operational testing milestone rather than a newly announced procurement decision. Naval News’ report on the acceptance firings
A Greek Machitis-class patrol vessel launched a SPIKE NLOS missile, while a Mark V Special Operations Craft fired a SPIKE ER2. The exercise also involved Greek frigates, submarines, fast-attack craft, surveillance ships, naval aviation and underwater-demolition units, alongside two Israeli fast-attack missile craft. Naval News reports that a decommissioned Elli-class frigate, Bouboulina, was used as the target ship and later sunk by an SUT torpedo fired from a Type 214HN submarine. The exercise report does not disclose missile quantities fired or a program cost.
The firings demonstrated the current scope of Greece’s naval integration effort. Earlier reporting by Naval News said four Machitis-class vessels were being fitted with Typhoon MLS-NLOS launchers, each capable of carrying eight SPIKE NLOS missiles, while four Mk V Special Operations Craft were being fitted with Typhoon MLS-ER launchers carrying four SPIKE ER2 missiles each. That report described the work on the Mk V craft as still in progress at the time of publication. The earlier integration report gives the NLOS system a stated range of up to 32 kilometers and the ER2 system a range of 10 kilometers.
The latest firings therefore establish a reported acceptance and live-fire milestone for at least the vessel types used in the exercise, but the available reporting does not specify whether all eight planned platforms have completed integration or acceptance testing.