US EditionGermany’s Arrow-3 Missile Defense Had No Chance Against Oreshnik Due to Limited Readiness
- Germany's Arrow-3 missile defense system cannot intercept Russia's Oreshnik missile due to limited operational readiness and speed, according to Die Welt, citing NATO sources.
- The recent Russian missile strike marked the first indirect encounter between the Oreshnik and the Arrow-3, which is in the early deployment stages.
- Arrow-3 is designed to engage ballistic threats in exoatmospheric flight but is currently not operational for real-world interceptions, as reported by NATO sources.
- Germany's defense ministry acknowledges that the Oreshnik's range poses a significant threat, potentially reaching almost all of Europe.
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Germany’s Arrow-3 Missile Defense Had No Chance Against Oreshnik Due to Limited Readiness
Germany’s newly deployed Arrow-3 missile defense system is currently unable to intercept Russia’s latest intermediate-range ballistic missile, known as “Oreshnik,” due to its limited operational readiness and the extreme speed of the target, Die Welt reported on January 11, citing NATO sources. According to Die Welt, the Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Lviv region, which borders several NATO member states, marked the first indirect encounter…
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The Russian Oreshnik/Orechnik missile is a ground‑launched, intermediate‑range hypersonic ballistic missile derived from the RS‑26 Rubezh programme, designed to deliver multiple warheads over long distances against strategic targets, with or without nuclear payloads In terms of role and concept of employment, Oreshnik is primarily a regional strategic strike asset, capable of engaging targets between roughly 3,000 and 5,500 km, which places it i…
The impetus for analyzing the Arrow-3's real capabilities came from the recent Russian missile attack on the Lviv region, which directly borders NATO countries. According to *Die Welt*, this was the first instance of "indirect confrontation" in which the newly deployed Israeli missile defense system in Germany faced a real threat.
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