The IRIS-T system (Photo: StaVlb / Twitter)
Ukraine received the first IRIS-T air defense system from Germany, he says Spiegel citing their sources.
According to the publication, IRIS-T was handed over to the Ukrainian army on Tuesday 11 October near the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said one of these systems could protect a large city.
On September 29, the German government confirmed this will transfer four IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukrainewhich the Bundeswehr does not yet have.
On 6 October, Air Force Command reported this military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already been trained to work with NASAMS and IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile systems.
IRIS-T missiles – infrared homing missiles of the original class “air-to-air ”and short range. The IRIS-T has the unique ability, compared to other similar missiles such as the AIM-9X, to target and shoot down other classes of missiles. “air-to-air and ground-to-air, for 360 ° protection.
