MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th February, 2021) Israel and the United States began joint development of missile defense system Arrow 4, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"Another significant reinforcement of a joint multi-layered defense program between the United States and Israel: Israel Missile Defense Organization in the Mafat [a joint body of Israel's Defense Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces] and the MDA [Missile Defense Agency] have started the development of an Arrow 4 interception system with the IAI [Israel Aerospace Industries]," the ministry wrote on Twitter.
The Arrow system, currently consisting of installations of previous generations, Arrow 2 and Arrow 3, is aimed to protect the skies of the Jewish state from long-range missiles.
