{"id":41694,"date":"2025-12-26T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/ukraine-has-nine-modern-iris-t-air-defense-missile-systems-the-ministry-of-defense-revealed-details\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:01:10","slug":"ukraine-has-nine-modern-iris-t-air-defense-missile-systems-the-ministry-of-defense-revealed-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/ukraine-has-nine-modern-iris-t-air-defense-missile-systems-the-ministry-of-defense-revealed-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine has nine modern IRIS-T air defense missile systems: the Ministry of Defense revealed details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine&#039;s air defense forces have already received nine modern IRIS-T missile systems. These missiles are capable of rapid maneuvering, hitting targets on head-on courses and during pursuit, and distinguishing real targets from decoys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F12%2F26%2F1766746525-4900-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Ukraine has nine modern IRIS-T air defense missile systems: the Ministry of Defense revealed details\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#039;s air defense forces already have nine modern IRIS-T missile systems. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>These missiles can maneuver quickly, hit targets both on head-on courses and during pursuit, and have highly sensitive infrared homing heads. They are capable of hitting modern aircraft, overcoming their protection systems, and distinguishing real targets from false ones.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, two types of IRIS-T systems are used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> SLS &#8211; short-range, range up to 12 km, altitude up to 8 km;  <\/li>\n<li> SLM &#8211; medium-range, range up to 40 km, altitude up to 20 km.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The IRIS-T air defense system can be integrated into a single air defense system of Ukraine, where it works in conjunction with other air defense and missile defense systems, the Ministry of Defense said.<\/p>\n<h2>Additionally<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Germany handed over to Ukraine two Patriot air defense systems and the ninth IRIS-T system. According to Bundeswehr head Boris Pistorius, the supply of Patriot systems was made possible thanks to cooperation with Norwegian partners. In addition to air defense systems, Berlin is preparing a large-scale strengthening of aviation weapons and financial support for defense procurement.<\/p>\n<h2>Recall<\/h2>\n<p>In 2026, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive 200 units of Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems based on German Mercedes-Benz Zetros chassis. 750 million euros from Germany&#039;s 1.2 billion euro support package have been allocated for the implementation of this program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine&#039;s air defense forces have already received nine modern IRIS-T missile systems. These missiles are capable of rapid maneuvering, hitting targets on head-on courses and during pursuit, and distinguishing real targets from decoys. Ukraine&#039;s air defense forces already have nine modern IRIS-T missile systems. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Ministry of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}