Over 60 ‘Aerial Targets’ Shot Down, Ukrainian Official Says IRIS-T Defense System ‘Big Killer’ Of Russian Military

May 4, 2023

The Eurasian Times:

The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, said in a Telegram post on May 3 that a division of the IRIS-T air defense systems had destroyed more than 60 hostile air targets over Ukraine since October 2022, New Voice of Ukraine reported.

He also subsequently shared a video showing the systems in action. Ukrainian officers and military experts also observed that the IRIS-T is a valuable asset as it can share information from its radar with “neighboring” air defense systems. This allows seamless air defense tracking to defuse enemy targets.

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