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Scholz: Germany orders 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine (euromaidanpress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You need AA? Here's 17 launchers! NO MISSLES FOR YOU THOUGH!

[+] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was a joke based off what OP said...

[+] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think it's more your joke that was daft, nobody said anything about it ONLY being launchers, and nobody found you joke funny.
Also you make a post where you still don't get it, even after I explained the setup to you above.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa so is that 17*3=51 launchers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

No its 17 launchers and each launcher has 8 launchers, so 136 launchers.

Useless without missles though. So many launchers!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

each launcher has 8 launchers

Fatal Error: Recursion detected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Shit, you're right.

Now we just need some missle recursion and the war is a slam dunk win!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.