Sun, October 2, 2022 at 2:42 AM

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will deliver the first of four advanced IRIS-T air defence systems to Ukraine in the coming days to help ward off drone attacks, its defence minister Christine Lambrecht said during an unannounced visit to Odessa on Saturday.

As air raid sirens sounded in the port city above, Lambrecht held talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov in an underground bunker. Lambrecht had extended a visit to nearby Moldova for the meeting.

"In a few days, we will deliver the very modern IRIS-T air defence system," she told ARD television. "It is very important for drone defence in particular."

Ukraine has been seeing more attacks from Iranian-made kamikaze drones in recent weeks, costing lives and causing serious damage to infrastructure.

It first emerged in May that Berlin was considering sending the IRIS-T surface-to-air defence system, which costs 150 million euros ($147 million) apiece.

source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/germany-says-supply-ukraine-air-194224694.html

 

I like the Ukraine's sense of humor in their heading .....

 

source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/almost-russian-troops-lyman-successfully-103600882.html

4D chess game in play. Get ready. If you think inflation is bad right now...it can get much worse.

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by audaciousnomad

gotta love this .....

 

On 9/29/2022 at 8:35 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

A bit of a problem, all the flights are full.

Sorry very Off Topic.... But can I just say that I love your avatar Chomper, I can remember going to Wigan Casino when I was 14 (1980) & it was awesome for a Warrington lad like myself... 

 

I get my kicks out on the floor....