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Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on May 29 announced the signing of a new contract with German arms manufacturer Diehl Defence for the delivery of additional IRIS-T air defense systems.
The €2.2 billion contract was inked during a visit to Berlin, where Umerov was a part of a delegation that accompanied President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Under the contract, Diehl Defence will produce and supply four more IRIS-T SL systems, including launchers, radars, command units and missiles, for Ukraine.
“A contract was signed with Diehl Defence for the production of IRIS-T systems and missiles for Ukraine,” adding, “the total value of the contract is 2.2 billion euros,” Umerov said, without revealing when the systems will be delivered.
Germany promised to supply Kiev forces with 12 complete IRIS-T SLM systems and 24 IRIS-T SLS launchers following the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
The SLM has a range of 40 kilometers and a 20 kilometer altitude, while the SLS’ range and altitude is limited to 12 kilometers.
Both versions are armed with modified versions of the IRIS-T infrared-guided air-to-air missile. The modified missile uses a GPS-aided inertial navigation system, with radar data link for command guidance during the initial approach. The infrared seeker head is activated at the terminal stage.
The system features a TRML-4D surveillance and target acquisition radar made by Germany’s Hensoldt. The radar is equipped with an AESA [Active Electronically Scanned Array] sensor with a maximum range of 250 kilometers and the ability to track up to 1,500 targets at the same time.
It is unclear how many of the systems promised by Germany have been supplied to Kiev forces, so far. Nevertheless, most of those that arrived in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged by the Russian military.
The new IRIS-T contract came as the de-facto collapse of the Ukrainian air defense network, with reports of mounting losses due to Russian SEAD [Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses] operations and serious shortage in long-range air defense systems and anti-aircraft missiles of all types. The new German-made systems will not likely solve any of these issues. The multi billion contract is just meant to buy Ukraine some time and save Germany’s face.
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another proof that ukraine turns everything it touches into shit. they are a product of their environment — a society steeped in corruption. this has distorted their mindset, pushing them to whore themselves for a sense of belonging to the west that will never truly be granted. they are poor because they are corrupt and siding with the rich and powerful will make this even more so.
more nato’s trash to the nato’s imaginary farwest.
mas basura…los ucronazis son como el rey midas. pero al revez…….todo lo que tocan no lo convierten en oro. lo convierte en mierda.
it’s safe to say that russian military incompetence did surprise everyone including nato.
corrupted nation run by crooks and oligarchs like russia doesn’t create good military.
it is funny how russia has supposedly oligarchs but the us doesn’t when there are _actual_ _billionaires_ running the government in the us. at that point, the disconnect with reality is that great for the nato propagandists that they should write science fiction novels.
people in the west are waking up to the lies: that’s why the fm eugenists want more war and death: to their populationsz
good military genious as napoleon or hitler, or all the contemporary global west? capicce?
more than one million ukroreich dead scream out that you are a liar, and a poor one at that.
grandisimo necio-
why is ukraine and nato losing to russia then ? 50 against 1 but still losing ? the world sees. you are only fooling yourselves.
because nato is the master of corruption and incompetence…when not screwing each other up the arse, which is all they are good at.
you are funny
safe that americunt humiliated by superior russians
time to svr visit some germany industrial facilities… lazy europeans always let a cigar lit…
more missile anus-penetration coming to moscow!!!
the shit fly talks crap. what do you expect ?
the only military support the ukraine needs is a huge white flag with instructions that read… “raise real high!”
france should be able to supply that
you have fallen for post ww2 military anti-french propaganda, when history shows france is the most successful military countries in regards to victories.
todos los misiles occidentales usados contra rusia………seran convertidos en mierda.
a big so what ?? this will not change the course of the war . nato would have to bring back all the dead ukrainians 10 times over to give it a go .
i tantrum at sf–as a discarded retired burger flipper owned by china i obey all ugly obese female in usa matriarchy
all paid for, supposedly, with interest on russian deposits with the bank of international settlements in zurich. only one problem with that: the b.i.s. investments haven’t earned any interest lately due to the sorry state of the european economies. what they are actually using (‘laundering’ would be more accurate) is the reichgold that b.i.s. has been holding since the end of ww2…..
iris-t factory should be bombed to the ground
ukraine has no money, so they can’t afford them.
its german tax payers money.