(Waffe) Israel: Arrow ABM-System

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Senior officials say Arrow missile needs upgrading
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Stress that despite successful test in which Scud downed, Arrow still unable to be fully effective against Iran’s Shihab-3 missile.

There is a need to upgrade the Arrow missile in order for it to be fully effective against Iran’s Shihab-3 surface-to-surface missile”,

commander of the IAF’s anti-aircraft division, Brig. Gen. Ya’ir Ramati, and the director of Malmam (the company that manufactures the arrow) said Tuesday during a discussion of the Knesset’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Last Friday, the Arrow successfully hit a Scud missile for the first time. The test target was launched from a ship in a United States Navy test site off the coast of California.

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