Israel lands record arms deal with Germany

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2023-08-18 10:55:04

By Mark Henry

Posted yesterday at 19:38, Updated 1 minute ago

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This sale constitutes a vote of confidence in the exceptional capacities of the Israeli defense industries”, welcomed Yoav Galant, the Israeli Minister of Defense. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP

DECRYPTION – This success reflects the rise in strength of Israeli companies in the defense sector.

Jerusalem

Israel has won a “deal of the century”. The Jewish state will provide Germany with the ultimate in military technology in the form of Arrow 3 batteries specialized in intercepting missiles outside the atmosphere for a total amount of 3.5 billion dollars. The war in Ukraine thus confirms its role as a godsend for Israel’s arms exports to Europe.

The deal was closed thanks to the green light given by the US State Department. The United States indeed has a right of veto on exports insofar as they partly financed the Arrow 3 project with which Boeing was associated in particular with the public group Israel Aerospace Industries for the technical part. A first investment of 600 million dollars has been released. “This sale is a vote of confidence in the exceptional capabilities of the Israeli defense industries“, welcomed Yoav Galant, the Minister of Defense.

According to its designers, the Arrow 3 is…

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