Sale of the defence system developed jointly with the US will be Israel's biggest-ever defence deal.
Germany has said that it expected its air force to take delivery of Arrow-3 by the fourth quarter of 2025. Photo: Reuters
Israel and Germany will sign a Letter of Commitment, with a $600 million initial payment, to commence work on the project, the statement said on Thursday, adding that the full contract will be ready to sign by the end of 2023. Russia's war in Ukraine has laid bare a shortage of ground-based air defence systems such as Raytheon's Patriot units or the more recently developed IRIS-T in many Western nations.
Using a detachable warhead that collides with the target, it is designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the earth's atmosphere, an altitude allowing for the safe dispersal of any non-conventional warheads.
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