Citing information from the “Globes” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was given approval in principle by US President Joe Biden on March 3, 2023, to buy Israel’s Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system during a visit to Washington.
Following the war in Ukraine, Germany wants to strengthen its air defense against the Russian threat and more particularly Russian missile attacks such as Iskander-M and Iskander-K which are widely used in military operations in Ukraine.
On February 5, 2023, the Army Recognition editorial team reported that Germany planned to invest €17 billion to strengthen its air defense capabilities with a new multi-layered anti-missile shield including German IRIS-T, Israeli Arrow 3, and American PATRIOT air defense missile system.
The Arrow 3 is a missile defense system developed by Israel and the United States for intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere. It is the latest addition to the Arrow Weapon System, which also includes the Arrow 2 missile defense system.
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