Arrow 3 Missile Program At Risk of Slowdown due to Cuts

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"Israeli" military officials feared that the Zionist entity's war ministry could be forced to slow down the development of the Arrow 3 anti-ballistic-missile system, designed to intercept Iranian missiles in space, due to budget cuts.

The missile war system, which sends interceptors out of the atmosphere to provide the air force with additional attempts to shoot down incoming projectiles, had been fast-tracked in recent months in response to Iran's missile development program, but its development may now be spread out over a longer period of time if a funding solution is not found.

Officials from the War Ministry are holding talks with the so-called Finance Ministry, through the mediation of the Prime Minister's Office, to search for ways to leave the program untouched.
"As with all working plans that belong to the "Israeli" army and the "Defense" Ministry, this has not been finalized yet," the War Ministry said on Monday.
He further stated that "talks are currently taking place with the Finance Ministry...[and] efforts are being made to make up for the missing funds that are needed for a variety of projects."

Arrow 3 serves as an additional layer of interception in space, and is being developed by the "Israeli" war ministry's Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure, with US funding assistance.
Col. Aviram Hason, who heads the War Ministry's upper-tier missile program, told a conference that efforts to speed up the project were being made in order to answer the Iranian threat on time.

Hason added that Arrow 3 could operate over "out ring" states that do not border "Israel", such as Iran.
Traveling at twice the speed of a tank shell, the interceptor turns into a space vehicle after leaving the atmosphere.
It carries out several swift maneuvers as it locks onto its target.
It then lunges directly at the incoming projectile for a head-on collision, relying on the kinetic impact alone to destroy its target.

It is worth mentioning that Tel Aviv is developing four layers of missile systems: the Iron Dome system for short and medium range rockets; David's Sling [under development] for medium- and long-range rockets; the Arrow 2 anti-ballistic shield, which intercepts projectiles in the upper atmosphere; and the Arrow 3 system [under development].

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