Posted on 08/04/2011 8:49:42 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Arrow missile-defense may be installed on new warships
By YAAKOV KATZ
08/05/2011 03:11
The General Staff has yet to decide whether it will buy two new surface vessels, estimated to cost over $500 million, is expected to make decision within weeks.
The IDF is considering installing Arrow missile-defense systems on new missile ships that it might acquire under the multi-year budget plan currently under review.
The General Staff has yet to decide whether it will buy two new surface vessels, estimated to cost over $500 million, and is expected to make a decision in the coming weeks.
The navy had originally decided to purchase the US Navy’s littoral combat ship, under development by Lockheed Martin, but backed away from the deal after the price soared. It is now looking into buying designs from Germany’s Blohm+Voss and to have the vessels built by Israel Shipyards, a privately owned company based in Haifa that already builds the navy’s smaller Shaldag patrol boats.
The thinking behind the installation of Arrow missiles on navy ships is the ability to make the missile-defense system mobile and to deploy it even far from the country in the event of a conflict. It would also enable the country to ensure survivability of key
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The EL/M-2248 radar planned for Israel's new ships
Very interesting. When I read the article my mind replaced ‘Arrow’ with ‘Barak,’ the ship-based anti-missile system that Israel (and India) are finalizing on. It is only when I reread it that I realized they were talking about the Arrow system, a much more capable ABMM. Very interesting development. I guess a budding competitor to some of the more advanced Standard series from the US
The Arrow will never be a meaningful competitor to US missiles since the US can veto and has vetoed any sale since the product involves both US funding and technology. Unlike the Barak series SAMs.
Besides it’s dimensions are likely to be larger than the SM-3; it would be no mean feat for the Israelis to put it on a modified corvette!!
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