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Arrow 3 can be launched into an area of space before it is known where the target missile is going. When the target and its course are identified, the Arrow interceptor is redirected using its thrust-vectoring nozzle to close the gap and conduct a "body-to-body" interception. [31] Arrow 3 may have a reduced 30-year life-cycle cost. [26]
Arrow 3 operates at greater speeds, [19] greater range and at greater altitudes than Arrow 2, intercepting ballistic missiles during the space-flight portion of their trajectory. According to the chairman of the Israeli Space Agency , Arrow 3 may serve as an anti-satellite weapon , which would make Israel one of the world's few countries ...
Israel's Arrow 3 proved its worth defending against Iran's missile attacks. It is set to soon go to Germany and complement NATO's aerial shield.
The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel's Arrow-3 missile defence system to Germany on Thursday, clearing the way for delivery in 2025 and full operational deployment by 2030 ...
The Arrow 3 system is believed to have a range of 1,500 miles and can reach an altitude of 100 miles. The Arrow 2 is designed to explode near a missile to bring down an incoming missile, but the ...
The Arrow system consists of the joint production hypersonic Arrow anti-missile interceptor, the Elta EL/M-2080 "Green Pine" early-warning AESA radar, the Tadiran Telecom "Golden Citron" ("Citron Tree") C 3 I center, and the Israel Aerospace Industries "Brown Hazelnut" ("Hazelnut Tree") launch control center. The system is transportable, as it ...
Its defensive array includes short-range Iron Dome and long-range Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 missiles. Israel has been honing its air defences since coming under Iraqi Scud salvoes in the 1991 Gulf war.
The Arrow program was launched as a response to the acquisition by Arab states of long range surface-to-surface missiles. [2] [3] The United States and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding to co-fund it in 1986, [4] [5] and in 1988 the United States Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) placed an order with Israel Aircraft Industries for the Arrow 1 ...