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🇩🇪 IRIS-T SLM
Land · Diehl Defence (Almanya) · 2022
A truck-mounted, infrared-guided medium-range air defense system that intercepts cruise-missile, aircraft, helicopter and drone salvos under a 360-degree umbrella.
Specifications
- Class: Medium-range ground-based air defense (SAM)
- Range: ~40 km
- Ceiling: ~20 km (20,000 m)
- Missile speed: ~3,600 km/h (Mach 3+, ~1,000 m/s)
- Seeker: Imaging infrared (IIR) — passive, EW-resistant
- Coverage: 360° full circular protection
- Targets: Cruise missile, aircraft, helicopter, UAV, anti-ship/anti-radar missile
- Deployment: Mobile; ops center + radar + 3-4 launcher trucks
Beats: Seyir füzesi / İHA salvosu (yoğun saturasyon önlemesi), Helikopter ve alçak-irtifa uçak (pasif IIR kilidi)
Loses to: Balistik füze / yüksek-hız tehdit (Patriot katmanı gerekir), Uzun-menzil bölge savunması (SAMP-T menzil üstünlüğü)
It fills the middle layer: thanks to its passive infrared seeker it intercepts cruise-missile and drone raids economically even under EW, but its range needs an upper layer (Patriot) for ballistic/long-range threats.
Related systems
Related systems (Land): SİPER, HİSAR-O+, HİSAR-A+, SUNGUR, KORKUT, Tayfun, GÜRZ, S-400 Triumf, Patriot (PAC-3), Bora