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Ukraine to Receive IRIS-T Air Defense System From Germany That Even Bundeswehr Doesn’t Have

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German IRIS-T SLM is medium-range air defense system with the ability to destroy targets at a distance of up to 40 km and 20 km in height
German IRIS-T SLM is medium-range air defense system with the ability to destroy targets at a distance of up to 40 km and 20 km in height

The IRIS-T air defense systems are manufactured specifically for Ukraine, and they are not in service with the German army

That is was said by German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhuzen, as Interfax-Ukraine reports, citing European Pravda.

"The Bundeswehr does not have them. I don't know if I'm answering correctly, but we are inside NATO and the air defense is kind of around us. When I was in Poland, I saw all these Patriots and others, I've never seen them in Germany," Feldhuzen said in an interview with European Pravda.

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Launching station IRIS-T SL on the basis of vehicle MAN SX44. Diehl Defence. Exhibition ILA Berlin Air Show 2016, Ukraine to Receive IRIS-T Air Defense System From Germany That Even Bundeswehr Doesn’t Have,  Defense Express
Launching station IRIS-T SL on the basis of vehicle MAN SX44. Diehl Defence. Exhibition ILA Berlin Air Show 2016

According to her, the first system will probably be delivered in October, the second - before the end of the year.

"They are being produced now, and I really hope that the second one will be before the end of the year, and the rest next year. It does not depend on political will, the decision has been clearly made there. These are the latest systems, but the supply chain for production is difficult," the ambassador explained.

Anka Feldhusen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine, Ukraine to Receive IRIS-T Air Defense System From Germany That Even Bundeswehr Doesn’t Have, Defense Express
Anka Feldhusen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine

The IRIS-T SLM system has a range of 40 kilometers and an altitude of up to 20 kilometers. With the IRIS-T SLM, one can shoot down combat aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, rocket artillery, drones, anti-radar missiles.

IRIS-T SLM, Defense Express
IRIS-T SLM air defense system

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