Holzdorf: Germany has officially activated the first operational unit of the Arrow 3 missile defense system, marking a historic moment as the country becomes the first in Europe to deploy the advanced long-range ballistic missile interceptor. The system, installed at the Holzdorf/Schönewalde airbase roughly 100 kilometres south of Berlin, represents a major expansion of Germany’s defense architecture at a time of escalating security concerns over Russia’s missile capabilities.

The Arrow 3 system, jointly developed by Israel and the United States, is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at altitudes of more than 100 kilometres outside the Earth’s atmosphere. This exo-atmospheric interception capability enables Germany to neutralize potential threats long before they enter European ai

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