The IRIS-T air defense

systems

are produced specifically for Ukraine, and they are not in service with the German army. 

German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen told about this in an interview with European Pravda.  

"The Bundeswehr doesn't have them. I don't know if I'm answering correctly, but we are inside NATO and air defense seems to be around us. When I was in Poland, I saw all these Patriot and others, in Germany I never saw them," - she said.

As Feldhusen reported,

the first system will probably be delivered in October, the second - by the end of the year, and two more next year.

"They are being produced now... It does not depend on political will, the decision has been clearly made there. These are the latest systems, but the supply chain for production is complicated," the ambassador explained.

The IRIS-T SLM system has a range of 40 kilometers and an altitude of up to 20 kilometers.

With the help of IRIS-T SLM, it is possible to shoot down combat aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, jet artillery, drones, anti-radar missiles.

It will be recalled that

the Air Force announced how much NASAMS Ukraine will receive.

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