German Chancellor Olaf Sholts is considering the possibility of buying an Iron Dome for Germany, writes Bild.
According to the publication, for this purpose, Scholts approved a special fund of 100 billion euros intended for defense events. Only for Germany there is one significant drawback of the system – it intercepts missiles with a flight range of up to 70 km. This means that the source of fire should be in the territory of Germany itself.
However, the publication notes that there is a similar alternative system – Arrow 3 (“Arrow 3”). This is a hypersonic rocket worth $ 1 million, which is developed and produced by Israel and the USA. According to the manufacturer, this complex can intercept a nuclear missile at a distance of up to 2000 km- even outside the atmosphere in space.