The first four Iris-T air defense systems pledged by Germany on Tuesday were delivered to the Ukrainian government at the Polish border, according to German media reports.
anti-aircraft system, Some experts consider it state-of-the-artmanufactured by the arms company Diehl Defense and the German army (Bundeswehr) currently does not have any copies.
According to the weekly “Der Spiegel” newspaper, the first unit manufactured by the company “Dell” will be purchased by Egypt, but it has delivered it to Ukraine, which will receive the remaining three systems promised by Berlin next year.
The main objective of Iris-T is to protect the civilian population As German Chancellor Olaf Schulz said recently, a single unit can protect an “entire city” from air raids.
Anti-aircraft missiles of this system can hit targets at an altitude of 20 kilometers and at a distance of 40 kilometers, which is a greater range than the Stinger anti-aircraft missiles also offered by Berlin.
The Iris-T systems consist of three parts: ballistics, which can be installed on any truck with a ramp, and a radar, and a command module installed in two other vehicles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday held a conference call with the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations so that Ukraine’s allies would provide not only air defense systems, but also enough missiles to deal with Russian attacks.
Zelensky issued the call after several Ukrainian cities and energy system infrastructure were hit in the past two days by Russian missiles, in attacks that left at least twenty people dead and a hundred wounded.
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