German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (C L) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C R) react during the presentation 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)