(L-R) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, CEO of Diehl Defence Helmut Rauch, Director General of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) Harald Albrecht and German Air Force Lieutenant General and Inspector Ingo Gerhartz pose in front of Germany's first IRIS-T SLM medium range air defence system at the military base camp in Todendorf, northern Germany, on September 4, 2024. The German military put into service on September 4 its first IRIS-T medium range air defence system, which has already been supplied to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles. (Photo by Daniel Bockwoldt / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL BOCKWOLDT/AFP via Getty Images)