🇩🇪 IRIS-T SLM is a medium-range anti-aircraft missile complex developed by the German company Diehl Defense. It was formally adopted by the Bundeswehr in 2017, but there have been no real deliveries to the German army yet.
The complex is designed to destroy airplanes, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise and ballistic missiles.
The IRIS-T SLM is equipped with air-to-air missiles, with eight missiles in the launcher. The standard IRIS-T battery consists of three launchers, a control point and a TRML-4D radar (the radar's viewing angle is 360 degrees, allowing the system to track targets at a distance of up to 250 km).
"If we have three launchers fully loaded, that's a total of 24 missiles, that means it can destroy 24 targets at the same time. That is, if many missiles are involved in the strike, then in the case of IRIS-T, most of the missiles, if detected by the system, will be destroyed," the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
The deployment time of the complex is 10 minutes. The missiles have a range of up to 40 km and a height of up to 20 km.
🇳🇴 🇺🇸 The NASAMS air defense system, which Ukraine hopes to receive soon, is a joint development of American and Norwegian companies. AIM-120A missiles of the "air-to-air" class are used as a means of defeat.
IRIS-T SLM and NASAMS are similar: both complexes can protect against both aircraft and missiles; their range and height of hitting the target are similar in the latest modifications - 40 kilometers and 20 kilometers, respectively; they can intercept targets flying at speeds of up to 3,600 km/h.
At the same time, the NASAMS complex uses missiles with radar guidance, and IRIS-T - with infrared.
The NASAMS battery consists of nine 54-missile launchers (that is, more than IRIS-T), a control station, and three AN/MPQ-64 radars.
Unlike IRIS-T, NASAMS has optical guidance, which allows missiles to be launched without turning on the radar so as not to give away its position.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the air defense systems IRIS-T and NASAMS can work together and will be connected in a single information network - this will allow, when fixing a target with one complex, to shoot it down with the help of another: "If the old Buk system is standing and sees target, it destroys it. If it doesn't see it, it doesn't destroy it, even if a nearby unit does. In NASAMS, IRIS-T and Patriot, all targets are brought into a single space and form a single picture of the airspace."
Photos - https://t.me/usinfantryman
Hi! I just curated your content!
Please take a moment to vote for my witness. 🗳️ https://blurtwallet.com/~witnesses?highlight=outofthematrix