Arrow-3

Germany signs $3.1b deal with Israel to expand Arrow 3 missile defense system

The announcement comes only one month after the initial Arrow 3 battery Israel provided to Germany was deployed at a major ceremony at Holzdorf Air Force Base.

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob visits Holzdorf Air Force base in Germany, December 3, 2025.
 Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).

Israel and Germany's rekindled alliance presents a strategic opportunity - opinion

 Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa.

United Arab Emirates named as Elbit's mystery $2.3 billion customer - report

 Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).

Germany doubles its investment in Israel's Arrow 3 with new $3.1 billion expansion deal


Did Israel's Arrow missile interception transform the Middle East? - analysis

Iron Dome has gotten most of the media coverage for the last decade, but the Arrow is the top tier of Israel's missile shield.

 AN ARROW 3 ballistic missile interceptor is seen during its test launch near Ashdod in 2015.

Israel's defense minister signs historic Arrow 3 deal with Germany

The deal is worth approximately $4 billion and includes a wide variety of technological infrastructure.

Israel, US carry out successful test of Arrow-3 missile over Alaska

Israel and US conduct joint training on air defenses

During the joint exercise, the Israeli side activated all of the multi-layered defense systems that Israel uses.

 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Israel's $4 billion sale of Arrow-3 takes Germany ties to new heights - Gallant

Gallant told German counterpart Pistorius that the deal had "great significance for Israel and Germany from security, economic, and not least, symbolic perspectives." 

Israel, US carry out successful test of Arrow-3 missile over Alaska

Sale of Arrow 3 symbolizes Israel's 75-year growth to defense powerhouse - editorial

Israel for many years has bought weapons from Germany, and this is not the first sale of weapons there, but the price tag and sophistication of the defense system put it in a different league.

 AN ARROW 3 ballistic missile interceptor is seen during its test launch near Ashdod in 2015.

Israel's defense tech industry defies negative economy forecasts - analysis

With Israel's sale of Arrow 3 to Germany and David's sling to Finland, the country's defense industry continues to boom.

The David's Sling interceptor

US approves Israel's historic sale of Arrow 3 to Germany

The Arrow 3 Missile defense system is designed to intercept exo-atmospheric ballistic missiles.

 Israel's Arrow 3 interceptor.

IDF chose to let Syria missile through, determined it safe to do so - sources

There was no error in Israel’s air defense systems and so there will be no probe into why the missile was allowed to travel over 180 km from the Syrian border.

 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Germany and Israel's strategic relationship - editorial

Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, sees Israel-German ties as the number two strategic relationship that Israel has after the US.

 A German and an Israeli flag are pictured in front of the warship "Atzmaut" (Independence, in Hebrew), built by a German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), during a handover ceremony, in Kiel, Germany July 27, 2021.

What the Arrow-3 sale to Germany says about Israel

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The connection created by this sale is something that Israel wants to promote around the world, not only in Europe.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman watch a video of Israel’s US-backed Arrow-3 ballistic missile shield performing a series of live interception tests over Alaska, in Jerusalem in 2019.