During his visit to Washington, D.C., German Chancellor Olaf Scholz received confirmation of US president Joe Biden's approval to acquisition Arrow 3's anti-balistic system. The value of the contract is estimated at EUR 3 billion. The Israeli-American strategy will be the highest level above the Patriot systems owned by Berlin. It will besides become an anti-Balistic layer of the European Sky Shield programme, the framework country of which is Germany. The initiative involves 17 countries, including the Baltic States, Norway and Sweden.