Israel and the United States have agreed in principle to selling the Arrow 3 missile defense system to Germany. The Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post” reported this on Tuesday, citing the Inspector of the German Air Force, Ingo Gerhartz. This would be the first sale of the system to a third country.
However, Germany has not yet made a purchase decision.
Gerhartz told the newspaper that Arrow 3 was the most relevant system for the threats Germany was facing. With regard to long-range missiles, Germany does not currently have adequate defenses, “and that is why we are examining Arrow 3 closely and we are really interested in the system”.
Israel and the US have agreed to the sale, he said. “But we still need to talk about the details.”
The demand for a missile defense shield for Germany became louder after Russia’s attack on Ukraine had also changed the threat situation in Europe. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (63, SPD) said in the ARD program “Anne Will” that the federal government is considering setting up a missile protection shield for the whole of Germany based on the Israeli model.
The Arrow system is capable of destroying incoming long-range ballistic missiles while operating very high above the Earth, right into the stratosphere.
