TSAMTO, March 28. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed with the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Eberhard Zorn the possibility of purchasing the Arrow-3 missile defense system from Israel.
This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Bild newspaper with reference to its own information.
According to the publication, such a purchase will cost 2 billion. euro, and the system can be put into operation in 2025.
According to the publication, "the missile defense system radar would be located in three places in Germany. At the same time, interceptors will be able to protect the airspace of not only Germany, but also Poland, Romania and the Baltic states, so our neighbors will have to buy only Arrow-3 missiles, and radar detection will be carried out by Germany," the newspaper writes (obviously, it means that the combat control center and the launch control center will be located in Germany - ed.).
According to Bild, the decision on the purchase of the system has not yet been made.
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In January 2017, the Israeli Air Force Command officially accepted the first Arrow-3 missile defense system from the Israel Missile Defense Organization IMDO (Israel Missile Defense Organization).
The Arrow-3 development project was implemented by the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries company under the management of the Israeli Missile Defense Organization and the US Defense Missile Defense Agency.
Arrow-3 will provide the upper echelon of the Israeli missile defense system, which also includes the Arrow-2, David's Sling and Iron Dome complexes. The layered system will protect the territory of Israel from a full range of ballistic missiles and rocket-propelled munitions.
Arrow-3 provides interception of attacking ballistic missiles at long ranges and with greater accuracy through the use of exoatmospheric means of destruction (kill vehicle) equipped with electro-optical sensors, ensuring the destruction of missiles before their re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Interception at such an altitude ensures the safe destruction of missiles with nuclear, chemical or biological warheads.
When an Arrow radar system detects a target, data about it is transmitted to the combat control center, which performs analysis and plans interception. After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, the launched Arrow-3 rocket shoots off an interceptor device that detects the target and ensures its defeat by direct strike.
As stated, the Arrow-3 interceptor allows you to hit targets at twice the height compared to Arrow-2 with half the launch weight. Arrow-3 allows you to launch two missiles at one target, evaluate the effects of the first interceptor and, if necessary, re-target the second to another threat.
The destruction of targets that were not hit by the Arrow-3 system is carried out by the Arrow-2 complex. This concept allows you to increase the probability of intercepting targets.
To detect and track targets in the Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 systems, the EL/M-2080 Super Green Pine radar developed by Elta Systems is used L-band (detection range up to 1000 km). Integration of all components of the complex is carried out by the Citron Three combat control center and the Hazelnat Three launch control center of Elbit Systems. A towed launch platform with six transport and launch containers is used to launch Arrow-3.
Israel Military Industries produces rocket engines for the Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors. The American Boeing also participates in the production program. The cost of the Arrow-3 interceptor is estimated at $2.2 million.
The first successful interception of a target by an Arrow-3 missile was carried out on December 10, 2015. A year earlier, when intercepting a target, there was a partial malfunction of the equipment.
During the development of Arrow-3, all components of the Arrow-2 missile defense system were upgraded, the compatibility of the complexes was ensured, and the radar detection range was increased.
