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It is part of an effort by the German government to fill in a longstanding gap in the air defense capabilities of the country\u2019s military \u2013 and the European continent more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IRIS-T has proven itself in Ukraine, the chancellor said, where \u201cit has served as a bulwark against the countless missiles that Russia shoots at Ukraine every day,\u201d having shot down over 250 projectiles of various sorts. Scholz claimed a hit rate of 95% and expressed hope that the system would become the backbone of European air defense beyond Germany\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally developed as an air-to-air missile, IRIS-T was modified for air defense with the Surface Launch Standard (SLS) variant and the Surface Launched Missile (SLM) version, which is significantly altered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has received four IRIS-T SLM and three IRIS-T SLS to date. A further 17 IRIS-T systems are yet to come, four of which are still scheduled to arrive in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking steps to strengthen European air defenses had been \u201clong overdue,\u201d Scholz said, pointing to Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The attack sparked renewed focus on military and dense under the banner of term \u201cZeitenwende\u201d in Germany \u2013 the dawn of a new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the products of this new era is the German-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/09\/13\/austria-eyes-german-iris-t-buy-for-nascent-european-sky-shield\/\">European Sky Shield Initiative<\/a>, which strives to coordinate the procurement and operation of air defense systems throughout the continent. First announced by Scholz just months after Russia\u2019s invasion, 22 countries now participate \u2013 including Switzerland and Austria, which are outside of NATO, and Turkey, which is not a part of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another response will be the deployment of American intermediate-range missiles to Germany starting in 2026, a move announced during the NATO summit in Washington in July. This class of weapons had been banned by a Cold War-era disarmament treaty between Washington and Moscow until recently. The U.S. withdrew from the pact during the Trump administration, alleging Russian violations going back almost a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Putin] has deployed rockets to Kaliningrad,\u201d said Chancellor Scholz, \u201cjust 530 kilometers from Berlin. 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