OVERVIEW:  The Arrow 2 is a two stage, solid fuel ATBM missile with a __ kg fragmentation warhead.

DETAILS: The intercept altitudes are from a minimum of 10km up to a maximum of 50km. The maximum intercept range is approximately 90km.

The two-stage missile is equipped with solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors. The missile uses an initial burn to carry out a vertical hot launch from the container and a secondary burn to sustain the missile’s trajectory towards the target at a maximum speed of Mach 9, or 2.5km/s.

Thrust vector control is used in the boost and sustainer phases of flight. At the ignition of the second stage sustainer motor, the first stage assembly separates. The first stage booster is manufactured by Israel Military Industries. Rafael manufactures the sustainer motor.

“The two-stage Arrow 2 anti-tactical ballistic missile is equipped with solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors.”
The Arrow missile is launched before the threat missile’s trajectory and intercept point are accurately known. As more trajectory data becomes available, the optimum intercept point is more precisely defined and the missile is guided towards the optimum intercept point.

The kill vehicle section of the missile, containing the warhead, fusing and the terminal seeker, is equipped with four aerodynamically controlled moving fins to give low altitude interception capability. The warhead is a high explosive directed blast fragmentation warhead developed by Rafael, which is capable of destroying a target within a 50m radius.

The dual mode missile seeker has a passive infrared seeker for the acquisition and tracking of tactical ballistic missiles and an active radar seeker used to home on air breathing targets at low altitudes. The infrared seeker is an indium antimonide focal plane array developed by Raytheon (formerly Amber Engineering).


Specifications:

Specifications: 

Weight: 		1300kg
Length: 		7.0 m
Wingspan:		0.80 m
Speed:			 Mach 9 
Range:			?? nm 
Accuracy:		90% kill rate with single missile vs. high altitude 			target.


NOTES: IOC 2000.  
  

SOURCES: https://www.army-technology.com/projects/arrow2/  ; https://www.armyrecognition.com/israel_israeli_military_missile_vehicles_systems_u/arrow_2_anti-ballistic_missile_air_defense_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video_12301173.html ; https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/arrow-2/