IRIS-T SLM vs NASAMS: how to tell them apart
Two air defence systems that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.
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IRIS-T SLM
What gives it away
Truck-mounted launcher with eight long slender canisters, raised vertically to fire.
Used by
Germany, Ukraine, Egypt, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland
NASAMS
What gives it away
Compact launcher with six slim missile canisters in two rows of three, on a trailer or truck.
Used by
Norway, USA, Finland, Netherlands, Lithuania, Ukraine, Spain and others