{"id":11150,"date":"2023-05-22T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T03:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11150"},"modified":"2025-03-30T00:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:20:51","slug":"what-is-the-iris-t-surface-launched-missile-slm-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-iris-t-surface-launched-missile-slm-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the IRIS-T Surface-Launched-Missile (SLM) system?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About IRIS-T Surface-Launched-Missile (SLM) system:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>medium-range version of the IRIS-T SL air defense missile system<\/strong> designed and produced by the <strong>German company Diehl Defense<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The system <strong>provides comprehensive 360\u00b0 protection<\/strong> against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, and guided weapons.<\/li>\n<li>It enables <strong>simultaneous engagement of multiple targets<\/strong> from very <strong>short to medium-range<\/strong> within extremely <strong>brief reaction times<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is suited for <strong>both mobile and stationary deployment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Each system <strong>comprises three vehicles: a missile launcher, a radar, and a fire-control radar, <\/strong>with integrated logistics and support.<\/li>\n<li>It is equipped with a <strong>radar with a range of 250 kilometers (155 miles).\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The missiles<\/strong>, which <strong>use infrared imaging to identify targets<\/strong>, are said to have a <strong>range of 40 kilometers (25 miles)<\/strong> and a <strong>maximum altitude of 20 kilometers<\/strong> (12.4 miles).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Patriot (MIM-104)?<\/h3>\n<p>Patriot (MIM-104) is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft. It is produced by Raytheon in Massachusetts and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/estonia-latvia-look-purchase-mid-range-air-defence-germany-2023-05-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Estonia and Latvia look to purchase mid-range air defence from Germany<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRIS-T Surface-Launched-Missile (SLM) system is the medium-range version of the IRIS-T SL air defense missile system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}