VIENNA — Germany is expanding its nascent territorial missile shield, with the Bundeswehr announcing plans for a second Arrow air defense site in Bavaria to complement the system’s inaugural battery near Berlin.
The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that an “Einsatzstellung Süd,” or southern operational position, will be built in the greater Kaufbeuren area to house elements of the Arrow Weapon System for Germany, or AWS-G. The decision was announced jointly by Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder, Luftwaffe chief Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann and the Defense Ministry’s director-general for force expansion, Alexander Götz.