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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius will be on hand Wednesday when the Bundeswehr puts its first IRIS-T SLM air defence system into service in Todendorf in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The German government has already delivered four of these weapon systems and three related IRIS-T SLS systems to Ukraine. They have proven their worth there in defence against Russian attacks with drones and cruise missiles. The Bundeswehr already has medium-range Patriot air defence systems, which are now being supplemented by the IRIS-T system. The new weapons system…