Diehl Defence shares success of IRIS-T air defence system in Ukraine and announces increased production of SAMs

German defence company Diehl Defence is going to increase production of IRIS-T air defence systems.

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The information was shared by the company's programme manager Harald Buschek. According to him, the war in Ukraine has caused a significant increase in demand for air defence systems. Therefore, Diehl Defence is going to produce 3-4 SAM systems in 2024 and at least 8 systems in 2025. Also Diehl Defence has already tripled the production of missiles for IRIS-T. In 2024, the company wants to produce 400-500 missiles.

By the way, Germany has handed over two IRIS-T systems to Ukraine and plans to send six more. The AFU mainly uses German SAMs to defend Kyiv from massive missile attacks. Since the IRIS-T was put on combat duty, the SAM has been able to destroy 110 air targets. Most of them were Kalibr missiles. The effectiveness of the complex reaches 100 per cent.

Source: Reuters