{"id":295843,"date":"2026-02-17T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295843\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:33:11","slug":"arrow-4-defense-system-to-possibly-be-deployed-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295843\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow 4 defense system to possibly be deployed soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Aerospace Industries<\/a> CEO Boaz Levy on Tuesday signaled new progress on the Arrow 4 anti-missile defense system and the possibility of deploying it within the coming months.<\/p>\n

In some of his most extensive remarks about the next generation anti-missile defense system, he said, “When we plan for a new [military] campaign, we look at the solutions for the threats of tomorrow, and not only the already existing threats. The way we achieve the capability to advance our response to the varying threats<\/a>, and this is how the Arrow 4, which will replace the Arrow 2, will operate.”<\/p>\n

“The Arrow 3 and 4 systems will bring new and advanced shoot-down capabilities against aerial targets. With the help of the Arrow 4, we will elevate the success of Israeli shoot-down capabilities,” said Levy.<\/p>\n

In December, German Air Defense Commander Col. Dennis Kruger told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview that Berlin will for sure purchase the Arrow 4 and 5 systems<\/a>, which are currently under development.<\/p>\n

Kruger quickly shot back, “I can give you a clear yes to that,” when asked about purchasing the new systems shortly after showing off the purchase and deployment of the Arrow 3 from Israel and IAI.<\/p>\n

In December, Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Baram also noted progress regarding the Arrow 4.<\/p>\n

Moreover, as far back as June 2025, Levy discussed the future replacement of the Arrow 2 missile defense system with the Arrow 4 system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although the development of the Arrow 4 was first announced in 2021, there has not been an estimated delivery date, and such new systems can take a decade or more from initial development.<\/p>\n

But Levy’s disclosure on Tuesday came after a flurry of public discussion about it, and the three ballistic missile attacks from Iran on Israel in 2024-2025 had increased expectations that the system might be ready sooner than originally expected.<\/p>\n

The Arrow 2 and 4 systems shoot down ballistic missiles within Earth’s atmosphere, while the Arrow 3 shoots them down outside of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Arrow 4 may be able to shoot down certain hypersonic missile threats, a new, more maneuverable missile threat that Russia and China have been working hard to develop, and other countries, like Iran, may eventually get closer to producing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy on Tuesday signaled new progress on the Arrow 4 anti-missile defense system…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[96587,17467,85,46,15622,98792,11982,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-295843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-arrow-3","9":"tag-ballistic-missile","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-israel-aerospace-industries","13":"tag-israel-missile-defense","14":"tag-missiles","15":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}