Israel: New defense system can hit targets outside the atmosphere

Samee Ulhaq said:

The Arrow 3, jointly developed by Israel and the U.S., is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at long distances, even outside the atmosphere.

Israel's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have completed the first phase of development on the Arrow 3 missile defense system and the first of the advanced rockets were delivered to Israel on Wednesday.
The new system represents a significant increase in Israel's ability to defend against long-range missiles. Among other things, the system improves on the Arrow 2 system in the areas of control and monitoring abilities while also expanding radar detection range.
Israel and the U.S. are continuing in their joint development of the Arrow 3, and additional operational tests are expected in the coming years before Israel has been fully equipped with the system.

The Arrow 3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at long distances and outside the atmosphere. The U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency and Boeing are partners in the project run by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. Each Arrow 3 missile is estimated to cost about $2.2 million.
The system was successfully tested by Israel in December, 2015 after a partial failure one year previously.

The Arrow is the long-range segment in Israel's three-tier missile shield. This also includes the successfully deployed Iron Dome, which targets short-range rockets and mortar bombs used by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, and the mid-range David's Sling, which is still under development. They can be deployed alongside U.S. counterpart systems like the AEGIS.
The United States and Israel have been jointly working on Arrow since 1988. Washington says helping Israel build up the capability to shoot down missiles staves off escalatory wars — or preemptive Israeli strikes — in the Middle East.
Israel also sees it as a means of weathering enemy missile salvos while it brings its offensive capabilities to bear.

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XiNiX said:

@DavidSling Congratulations !

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Salman Zahidi said:

is it better than S-400 ?

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Chinese-Dragon said:

US$2.2 million per interceptor is quite huge (especially compared to what they are meant to be shooting down), but I guess Israel does have the cash for it.

Plus they could eventually resell the technology to make up for some of the costs later.

Not sure how effective it would be against a determined adversary like Iran which stockpiles a very large number of missiles to be fired in large saturation salvos, complete with radar-deflecting chaff and other such countermeasures.

If there are hundreds of incoming radar signatures at the same time (for one salvo), such systems will find it hard to keep up.

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Salman Zahidi said:

is it better than S-400 ?

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theman111 said:

ofcaurse alot better for balistic missles


its not alot if you compare it to sm 3

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Samee Ulhaq said:

The Arrow 3, jointly developed by Israel and the U.S., is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at long distances, even outside the atmosphere.

Israel's Defense Ministry and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have completed the first phase of development on the Arrow 3 missile defense system and the first of the advanced rockets were delivered to Israel on Wednesday.
The new system represents a significant increase in Israel's ability to defend against long-range missiles. Among other things, the system improves on the Arrow 2 system in the areas of control and monitoring abilities while also expanding radar detection range.
Israel and the U.S. are continuing in their joint development of the Arrow 3, and additional operational tests are expected in the coming years before Israel has been fully equipped with the system.

The Arrow 3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at long distances and outside the atmosphere. The U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency and Boeing are partners in the project run by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. Each Arrow 3 missile is estimated to cost about $2.2 million.
The system was successfully tested by Israel in December, 2015 after a partial failure one year previously.

The Arrow is the long-range segment in Israel's three-tier missile shield. This also includes the successfully deployed Iron Dome, which targets short-range rockets and mortar bombs used by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, and the mid-range David's Sling, which is still under development. They can be deployed alongside U.S. counterpart systems like the AEGIS.
The United States and Israel have been jointly working on Arrow since 1988. Washington says helping Israel build up the capability to shoot down missiles staves off escalatory wars — or preemptive Israeli strikes — in the Middle East.
Israel also sees it as a means of weathering enemy missile salvos while it brings its offensive capabilities to bear.

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EpiiC said:

Much better, faster and longer range than S400!!! Even Arrow 2 is said to be faster than USAs THAAD!! Israel is 1st or 2nd best when it comes to missile defence Tech in the world, even China and Russia are behind them!!

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mike2000 is back said:

Well, Israel always keeps up with advancements. Great achievement for such a a small country. Haters gonna hate but you gotta give it to the Israelis, they are very skilled.

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SinoSoldier said:

The Chinese tested their first exo-atmospheric interceptor in 2011. Since then, other tests and systems have been done.

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EpiiC said:

What is the range and speed of chinese interceptor? Only U.S can said to be better in missile defence .

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theman111 said:

clasiffied my estimate around 20 mach

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EpiiC said:

Chinesea interceptor speed is mach 20? Even SM-3 isn't that fast, nah that bad estimate.

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