The first of four Iris-de-Van air defense systems promised by Germany was delivered to the Ukrainian government on the Polish border this Tuesday, according to German media reports.
anti-aircraft system, Considered by some experts to be the most modern in existenceManufactured by arms company Diehl Defense and the German Army (Bundeswehr) currently has no copies.
According to the weekly “Der Spiegel”, the first unit produced by Diehl will be acquired by Egypt, although it was delivered to Ukraine, which will receive the three remaining systems promised by Berlin next year.
The main objective of Iris-D is the protection of the public As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently put it, a single unit can defend “an entire city” from airstrikes.
The system’s anti-aircraft missiles can hit targets at an altitude of 20 kilometers and at a distance of 40 kilometers, a greater range than the Berlin-delivered Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
The Iris-T systems are made up of three parts: a missile, ramp, radar and command module that can be mounted on any truck, which are installed on two other vehicles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday convened a conference call with leaders of the G7 club of industrialized nations, urging Ukraine’s allies to provide not only air defense systems but also enough missiles to counter Russian attacks.
At least twenty people have been killed and hundreds injured after several Ukrainian cities and energy system infrastructure were hit by Russian missiles over the past two days.
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