IAI Arrow 3

[Forest Green]

It would appear that the Arrow 3 (And Arrow 2) have performed well in their first combat use.




That and other missile wreckage should provide an intelligence windfall for the Israelis concerning the design and construction of Iranian missiles.

Edit: Where did you get the photograph from?

Status-6 on twitter, more photos:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779800085188022568

View: https://x.com/raging545/status/1779800085188022568

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16l2qhuqj-U

 

[Forest Green]

How come Arrow 3 ($3.5m) is so much cheaper than SM-3 IIA?

 

[Dilandu]

How come Arrow 3 ($3.5m) is so much cheaper than SM-3 IIA?

Non-naval, presumably, designed for more specific conditions.

 

[sferrin]

How come Arrow 3 ($3.5m) is so much cheaper than SM-3 IIA?

It's smaller, much less complex, and much less capable.

 

[Moose]

Arrow 3, people, discuss it or take the discussion elsewhere.

 

[NMaude]

Is there any indication yet as to how many Arrow 3s the IDF fired at Iranian ballistic missiles?

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Removed non-Arrow 3 posts.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Is there any indication yet as to how many Arrow 3s the IDF fired at Iranian ballistic missiles?

I'd assume 1 for 1, but we know what assuming means.

 

[Forest Green]

Is there any indication yet as to how many Arrow 3s the IDF fired at Iranian ballistic missiles?

This is a good point. Based on the fact there were 120 BMs, 36 CMs and 185 drones, that's only 341 objects total. If an Arrow 3 costs $3.5m, then unless an Arrow 3 was fired at every single once of them, these estimates of $1-1.3bn do not hold water. Even if an Arrow 3 was used on every BM, that's $420m, and assuming a David's Sling ($1m) for the other 221 missiles/drones, that's only $640m. And we know some drones were shot down with APKWS and Sidewinder outside Israel. So the total cost was likely nearer $500m.

Now given that Iran used 50 MRBMs, plus 70 SRBMs, plus 36 CMs and 185 large drones, what's the bet that cost something similar? And last I looked Israel's GDP is ~25% higher than Iran's.

From another thread (source @Grey Havoc )

Former financial advisor to the IDF Chief of General Staff estimates a cost of about 4-5 billion NIS, or 1-1.3 billion USD.

https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/rkl6kwygr

This is not sustainable. This is 5% of the IDF's annual budget spent in one night.

A single David's Sling missile costs $1 million. A single Arrow costs $3.5 million without specifying the variant (likely Arrow 2).

He estimates the cost for Iran was about 10% of that.