Originally Posted by
henra
In all fairness it has to be said that the German Army doesn't even possess anything as modern and potent as these IRIS-T systems. They will have to be new manufactured and will not have been planned, e.g. Diehl BGT will have to aquire parts for producing and assembling these additional systems. Unlike some of the other Equipment sagas for Ukraine this delay is probably genuine.
On a positive note: Once Ukarine has these systems no enemy aircraft will survive within a radius of ~20miles. No matter which altitude. Extremely lethal.
Thank you for the explanation henra 👍