Germany furthers C-RAM system
Following the delivery of the Skyshield MANTIS C-RAM air defence system to the Luftwaffe in June, Rheinmetall has confirmed that the system will not enter operation in Afghanistan.
Speaking to a media briefing in Dresden on 19 July, Fabian Ochsner, VP of Rheinmetall Air Defence, said the MANTIS C-RAM achieved IOC earlier this year.
‘It’s now officially fielded with the German Air Force. It will remain in Germany; it won’t go to Afghanistan,’ Ochsner explained.
‘This obviously is a chance missed for us – what will they do now Afghanistan has fallen by the wayside? On our side of the
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