BERLIN, GERMANY - With Germany about to deploy its Arrow air defense system, sold to it by Israel, for the first time this week, the Israeli Defense Ministry has made new progress regarding submarines Berlin is providing to Jerusalem, which according to foreign reports, have nuclear weapons capabilities, the Jerusalem Post has learned.
Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Baram flew to Germany on Monday night where he will later participate in officially unveiling and deploying the Israeli-supplied Arrow 3 missile defense system later this week. The Post reported on Sunday that the ceremony and the unveiling were imminent for later this week and will be in attendance at the ceremony. This $3.6 billion deal will be the first time that the Arrow 3 will be deployed outside of Israel. Continued movement on the issue comes on one hand as Berlin continues to buy weapons from Israel, while at the same time it is removing a temporary, but lengthy, weapons sales ban on Jerusalem over the recently concluded Israel-Hamas War.
The Post learned back in 2024 that IMDO Director Mr. Moshe Patel, “Arrow 3” Project Head for Germany Colonel Carsten Koepper, and IAI’s Missiles and Space Division Head Mr. Guy Bar Lev were the lead parties, while the discussions also included representatives from IAI’s MLM Division and Elta. (Ed note: The upgraded version of the existing Dolphin-class submarines are diesel-electric, and those Dolphin-class submarines are capable of carrying nuclear-armed cruise missiles.) (Read More)
