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2017-01-31 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel (IAF) begins deployment of Arrow-3 anti missile defense

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Posted by lord garth 2017-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Designed to fly nearly twice as high
at half the weight of Arrow-2

What mass was sacrificed to get the range?
Did they replace HE with NUC?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-31 04:38|| 2017-01-31 04:38|| Front Page Top

#2 certainly the sensors are better and smaller than arrow 2

also, the thrust delivery is probably more efficient which would mean less fuel needed to carry but that's guesswork

Posted by lord garth 2017-01-31 08:10|| 2017-01-31 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 What mass was sacrificed to get the range?

Maybe they reduced the size of the warning label.

Posted by SteveS 2017-01-31 10:18|| 2017-01-31 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, one really don't need as much explosion energy as one thought before to destroy an incoming missile. One just need to get somewhat near it and a small high flak explosion is all that's needed to knock the incoming missile out.

Below is a picture of an Arrow2:

So image the Arrow3 at half the weight and much greater range. Keep in mind that "half the weight" is not the dame thing as "half the size". This way the Israels can use the existing Arrow2 infrastructure, saving quit a bit of cash.

More information on the Arrow antimissile system (Including pictures of the complete radar and targeting structure) at: Wikipedia Arrow missile article

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-01-31 16:43|| 2017-01-31 16:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks Cure.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-01-31 18:31|| 2017-01-31 18:31|| Front Page Top

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