Germany to give IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine -chancellor
Germany will send the IRIS-T medium-range surface-to-air defense system to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday.
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“We have been sending weapons to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, including heavy weapons,” Scholz said.
“We coordinate closely with our partners and deliver what is useful - including the state-of-the-art IRIS-T system, which protects large cities from air raids,” he added.
The IRIS-T is a German-led program to develop a short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder found in some NATO member countries.
Any aircraft capable of firing the Sidewinder is also capable of launching the IRIS-T. (ILKHA)