Germany has confirmed the delivery of the second IRIS-T surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine in an April 30 update to its military aid list. The second system was delivered "around April 16 ...

The IRIS-T is a "missile system designed to counter aircraft, helicopters, drones and cruise missiles," and the delivery of the two new IRIS-T systems is part of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ...

Seven years later, in 2005, Germany introduced a similar and cheaper SSM system based on and called IRIS-T. The IRIS-T missile has a shorter range than NASAMs systems that use the American AMRAAM.

The decision comes almost two decades after Denmark decommissioned its ground-based air defense capability, in 2005, in an ...

February 18, 2024: The Ukraine War proved to be a major boost in sales of the European air defense systems like the Norwegian NASAMS and Germany’s IRIS-T SAM (Surface to Air Missile) system. Until ...

Ukraine will receive the sixth IRIS-T air defense system from Germany by the end of 2024.The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this after a. ... announced the urgent transfer of a MIM ...

The IRIS-T. One air defense system that has made a difference in the conflict has been the German-built IRIS-T medium-range infrared homing missile system.

US President Donald Trump has said his administration will supply Patriot missile systems to Ukraine to help counter ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has blocked a €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine. The package, which included critical IRIS-T air defense systems, anti-aircraft missiles, howitzers, and ...

Sweden is joining the club of users of the Diehl IRIST-T SLM medium-range surface-to-air missile system. Sweden will buy seven systems, Swedish defense procurement agency FMV said June 23.

Ukrainian air defense system has destroyed a Russian cruise missile. It was shot down by the IRIS-T, according to Command West of the Ukrainian Air Force. “The IRIS-T air defense system of the Western ...