Germany is set to deliver 24 IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine by 2026, according to an announcement by Chancellor Olaf Scholz on 4 Sept.
  • Questy@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    That is actually a very meaningful order. I had to check, did they mean launchers or batteries. Looks like 17 batteries. That’s pretty big, IRIS-T is very modern kit.

            • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
              21·
              2 months ago

              OP wasn’t sure if they were sending the missles until they read the article.

              I made a what I thought was funny comment about how they were only going to send the launchers, and fuck the missles.

              Edit: also in format of NO SOUP FOR YOU, but I should have left the “though” off for that.

              • Buffalox@lemmy.world
                12·
                2 months ago

                No he wrote launchers or batteries. He meant if they were all complete systems with both launchers and radar/command module, which they are.
                It has nothing to do with missiles.

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS-T

                One IRIS-T SLM battery, as supplied by Germany to Ukraine, consists of three truck-mounted launchers, carrying eight missiles each (with a range of 40 kilometres or 25 miles), and a separate command vehicle

                So 3 launchers capable of firing 8 missiles each, and 1 command module per system.
                The command module can track all 24 missiles simultaneously.

                So this is a pretty big deal.

                • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
                  22·
                  2 months ago

                  I had to check, did they mean launchers or batteries.

                  Are you that daft?

                  It was a joke about how stupid it would be to only be launchers.

                  OP wasn’t sure and had to verify for us.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.world
            11·
            2 months ago

            It’s 17 Batteries, each having 3 launchers capable of shooting 8 missiles each, that’s a total capability of launching 408 missiles at once. I already explained this 2 you in another post, where you had the audacity to call me daft?!

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    71·
    2 months ago

    This is amazing news, thank you Germany. 👍😃

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS-T
    Each system has 3 launchers capable of firing 8 missiles each, and 1 command/radar module per system.
    These are spread out, and the command module can track 24 missiles at once!!!
    Although these are not long range, they are very maneuverable, and although I’m not an expert, I’ll risk the guess that they are perfekt against drones, and very good against missiles too, as long as they are not hyper sonic.