Israeli Air Force Receives First Anti-Missile Interceptors for Arrow 3 System

Israeli Air Force Receives First Anti-Missile Interceptors for Arrow 3 System

The first anti-missile interceptors for the Arrow 3 Missile Defense System was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces by both Israel’s Defense Ministry and the US Missile Defense Agency during a ceremony held on the Palmachim Air Base.Israeli Air Force Receives First Anti-Missile

Interceptors for Arrow 3 System. Each Arrow 3 Missile is estimated to cost about $2.2 million. They have been designed to enable interception of ballistic missiles beyond the earth’s atmosphere. Interception at that altitude enables missiles carrying nuclear warheads to be blocked farther from Israel and stops the enemy missile to harm the territory. The Arrow-3 interceptor is a part of Israel’s Arrow weapon system (AWS) and has been jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency and Boeing.

iv. With a partial failure in testing in 2014, the system was successfully tested by Israel in December, 2015.