{
 "slug": "switzerland-iris-t-slm-trml-4d-sky-shield-2025",
 "title": "Switzerland Buys IRIS-T SLM & TRML-4D to Close Air Defense Gap",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/switzerland-iris-t-slm-trml-4d-sky-shield-2025/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/switzerland-iris-t-slm-trml-4d-sky-shield-2025/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2025-04-29T01:23:39.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-02-16T14:34:11.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "Bern seals CHF 660 m deal for IRIS-T SLM and TRML-4D radar, closing Switzerland’s mid-range air-defence gap under the European Sky Shield Initiative.",
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  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "defense-industry"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "airbus",
  "bundeswehr",
  "diehl-defence",
  "essi",
  "germany",
  "hensoldt",
  "iris-t",
  "nato",
  "norway",
  "patriot",
  "rheinmetall",
  "sweden",
  "trml-4d",
  "ukraine"
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 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "germany",
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