{"id":16951,"date":"2026-07-06T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16951"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:39:29","slug":"arrow-3-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arrow-3-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow-3 Missile Defence System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>\u00a0Arrow-3 Missile Defence System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany expands its missile defence network with a second Arrow-3 site planned in the southern province of Bavaria to complement the first operational battery near Berlin. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Arrow-3 Missile Defence System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile defence system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>long-range threat engagement.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed with the ability to <\/span><b>neutralise ballistic missiles before they re-enter the atmosphere.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arrow 3 is the<\/span><b> latest interceptor for the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) jointly developed by Israel and the United States.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>AWS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the<\/span><b> world\u2019s first national, operational, and stand-alone Anti Tactical Ballistic Missiles (ATBM) defense<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Arrow-3 Missile Defence System <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses <\/span><b>two-stage solid-fueled interceptors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>engage short- and medium-range <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cruise-missile-vs-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missiles<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and consists of a launcher, radar, and battle management system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile fits in a 21-inch vertical launch tube and has an estimated flyout <\/span><b>range of up to 2,400 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be <\/span><b>launched earlier after threat detection <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and engage threats at higher altitudes outside the Earth\u2019s atmosphere than previous interceptors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>intercept threats at an altitude of 100 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>hypersonic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which travels five times the speed of sound.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has early warning and fire control radar. It provides extended-range acquisition as well as multi-target acquisition and tracking capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How does <\/b><b>Arrow-3 Missile Defence System W<\/b><b>ork?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses <\/span><b>hit-to-kill technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to destroy incoming missiles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> missile is launched vertically,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then the direction is changed towards the estimated interception point.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>high-resolution electro-optical sensor acquires the target for the kill vehicle <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to hit the target and destroy the warhead.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/military\/germany-boosts-missile-shield-arrow-3-battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrow-3 Missile Defence System is an exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile defence system jointly developed by Israel and the United States. 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