The move comes as German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Monday that her country will deliver the first of four IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine within days.
“The firing of missiles again at Kyiv and many other cities shows how important it is to quickly equip Ukraine with air defense systems,” she said in a statement.
And she added: “The Russian attacks with missiles and drones terrorize the civilian population in particular, and for this reason we are now providing support, especially with air defense weapons.”
Russia has repeatedly warned Western countries against delivering more weapons to Ukraine, saying this support prolongs the conflict and threatens to slide into a broader confrontation.
In early June, Berlin announced that it would hand over to Kyiv the “Iris-T” air defense systems manufactured by the German company Diehl and capable, according to German Chancellor Olaf Leschulz, “to protect an entire large city from Russian air strikes.”
IRIS-T . system
• It includes missiles with an infrared guidance system, of the air-to-air type.
• Used from 2005 until today.
• The weight of the missile is 87.4 km, its length is 2936 mm, and its diameter is 127 mm.
• The price of each of them is half a million dollars.
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