A Storm Shadow missile inside the Royal Air Force museum in London. By Wikimedia user (Rept0n1x).
Russian air defenses had shot down seven of Ukraine’s new Storm Shadow cruise missiles over the special military operation zone, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on May 16.
Russia’s military “intercepted seven Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, three HARM anti-radar missiles, and seven HIMARS multiple rocket launchers” in a day, the ministry said in its daily briefing, without providing any further details.
The Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. It features a GPS-aided inertial navigation system with a terrain profile matching system. For terminal guidance, the missile is equipped with an imaging infrared scene-mapping area correlator system.
The maximum range of the Storm Shadow is 560 kilometers. However, it is thought that Ukraine received the downgraded export version with a range of 250 kilometers. The Ukrainian Air Force has reportedly integrated the 1,300 kg cruise missile on its Soviet-era Su-24 fighter bombers.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced the delivery of Storm Shadow missiles to Kiev forces in the House of Commons on May 11, arguing that the missiles will “allow Ukraine to push back Russian forces based on Ukrainian sovereign territory”.
The donation of Storm Shadow missiles “will demand an appropriate response from our military,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said back then.
Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to attack Luhansk city on May 12, 13 and 15, causing material losses and casualties, including children. Russian air defense achieved their first confirmed kill against the cruise missile during the last attack on the city.
According to some unverified reports, Ukraine received 200 Storm Shadow missiles from the United Kingdom and is set to receive 400 more in the near future.
Other reports suggested that Kiev forces will soon receive the French version of the missile, which is known as SCALP EG [Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée – Emploi Général, meaning General Purpose Long Range Cruise Missile].
The recent interceptions of the Storm Shadow indicate that the Russian military has successfully modified its air defense tactics to counter the missile.
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ukrainian sovereign territory, that will mean pre-1922 borders. after the fall of the soviet union, russia and ukraine, did not ratify their borders, in accordance with international law. even ban ki moon, secretary general of the un, back in 2014, on a uk government funded news media, tv show confirmed that. 1922 eastern ukraine went from russia to ukraine, 1954 crimea was taken from russia and gifted to ukraine.
it should mean ukraine’s 1654 borders, and poland, hungary, moldova, and slovak getting their historical sovereign territory back.
according to one of the nato officers who provided headquarters support for counterattacks on the flanks of the bakhmut group on may 12, ukraine suffered one of the biggest losses since 2014 – 1,725 people were killed.
the strikes of the 2nd azov brigade on the southern flank and two mechanized brigades and one motorized rifle battalion on the northern flank were stopped, and the losses amounted to one regiment.
china told all the foreign embassies in china that are flying a ukrainian flag out front that they can go fuck themselves.
who gives a fuck about the current occupation, criminal communist gang in beijing?
there is just one china, its capital is taipei and freedom, rule of law and justice will be restablished on the mainland as well. trust me.
reverse engineer them and send them to the london parliament asap
so much for the new wonder weapon 😆 😆 🤣
time has come to arm the ira with modern weapons against motherf@king british officials
it’s long overdue for those diabolical, dastardly, backstabbing, degenerate, deranged limey bastard murderers to be held to account for crimes throughout history.
it was a british war against catholics and the ni protestants who had large families because we hate humanity, hate holy marriage, hate truth, hate god, hate virtue.
despite the little setback, russia gain more experience in terms of advanced military technologies from west and technical initiatives to strike the target.
verím, že už sa ruské vojenské sily prispôsobili a teraz už budú schopní tieto strely likvidovať. kto vie či sa im podarilo zničiť istú časť pri likvidácii skladu, kde boli údajne skladované tankové strely z ochudobneným uránom.
so the ukrainians shot down all the kinhshal an the russians all the storm-shadown. and in reallity none have shot down nothing and one or two of the missliles just malfuncioned probably.
patriots intercepted none of saddam hussein’s scud missiles – source: us accountability office.
report available in the web. during gulf war days there used to be huge celebrations every day regarding “successful interception” by patriot missiles along with release of video clips.
truly top job!!
according to one of the nato officers who provided headquarters support for counterattacks on the flanks of the bakhmut group on may 12, ukraine suffered one of the biggest losses since 2014 – 1,725 people were killed.
the strikes of the 2nd azov brigade on the southern flank and two mechanized brigades and one motorized rifle battalion on the northern flank were stopped, and the losses amounted to one regiment.
yeah sure, i trust u, especialy as it is all over the news/ telegram/ etc….10000’s ukrainians are fleeing from the flanks of bakhmut, another true russian victory. the ukrainian army is in total retread, t14 armatas moving westwards, slava russia, z
really: “the ukrainian air force has reportedly integrated the 1,300 kg cruise missile on its soviet-era su-24 fighter bombers.”
that’s a rather old idea: ‘however, it is unclear whether these plans materialized. speculations are rife that ukraine might equip its su-24ms with storm shadow missiles and air-launched cruise missiles.’ eurasiantimes in november last year