The announcement indicates a possible new era of European air defense, in which Israel - which Germany also sells a catchment device Arrow 3 worth £ 3 billion - plays an important role.
Since Sky Sonic is still in development and Israel continues to hesitate to support Kiev militarily, it is unlikely that it will be used in Ukraine in the near future.
Both Russia and Iran have increased the production of hyperschallrakets under the pretext in the past few months that they could not be intercepted, which could prove as a major defense problem for Israel, Ukraine and its allies.
Russia's Kinzhal hyper-Schallrakets are already fired on Ukrainian cities, while Iran's new “Fattah” rocket is aimed at Tel Aviv, possibly detaching a possible Israeli attack on the regime's nuclear program.
Tehran also sends hundreds, if not thousands of rockets and drones to Moscow, to use them against Ukraine, and in return should receive powerful Russian fighter planes with which the regime Israel could attack.
"A new series of security challenges"
"The war in Ukraine and the use of Iranian drones by Russia have reorganized the European priorities and created new opportunities for deepening the commitment with Israel," said Hugh Lovatt, a senior Middle East Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
"In view of a number of new security challenges that emerge from Russia, the EU and its member states of Israel are now increasingly considering an important security partner that can provide access to valuable military weapons and cyber technology," he added.
"For many European capitals, including strong supporters of the rights of the Palestinians, national security interests are more important than concerns about Israel's approach to Palestinians."
YEHOSHUA KALISKY, a senior researcher at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies, said: "As far as the Russian hyper -shall missiles are concerned, they work effectively, but they do not change the game as we can see from the results of the war last week." For me, their use looks like another vehicle that is used to destroy infrastructure or to violate civilians. ”
"As for the Iranians, it looks like they have only carried out soil tests - it is probably not yet ready for use," he added.
Israel is increasingly concerned about the military support of Russia for Iran, but at the same time opposes the pressure of the United States to arm Kiev or at least allow the use of its powerful air defense system Iron Dome.
This is partly due to the fact that Russia has a great Jewish population, of which Israel fears that it could be persecuted if the relationships deteriorate considerably. Russia also controls a large part of the airspace above neighboring Syria, where Israel often starts air strikes on militia groups supported by Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, has complained privately at Vladimir Putin about his military support for Iran, the US news page Axios reported on Thursday.
