A Storm Shadow missile inside the Royal Air Force museum in London. By Wikimedia user (Corrado Baldassi).
Ukraine received 200 Storm Shadow cruise missiles from the United Kingdom and is set to receive 400 more in the near future, Ukrainian news sources reported on May 14.
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.
The missile 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 British and Ukrainian governments have not confirmed the numbers reported by Ukrainian news sources, which may be no more than speculation.
The numbers are extremely high considering the estimate of the UK’s own stockpiles of the missiles. The Independent newspaper in 1996 estimated the order for the Royal Air Force to be between 700 and 1,000 missiles.
The Ukrainian Air Force has reportedly integrated the Storm Shadow on its Soviet-era Su-24 fighter bombers, which have the capability to carry the 1,300 kg cruise missile.
With a price tag of 2 million pounds per a single Storm Shadow, the delivery of 600 missiles to Ukraine would cost the UK up to 1,2 billion.
The first reported use of Storm Shadow by Kiev was on May 12, when two missiles hit factories in Luhansk city. The very next day, May 13, at least one Storm Shadow hit the old internal affairs academy building in the city, marking the second attack with the long-rang missile.
Announcing the delivery of the Storm Shadow in the House of Commons on May 11, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the missiles would “allow Ukraine to push back Russian forces based on Ukrainian sovereign territory”. Western officials told CNN on the same day that the UK received assurances from Kiev that these missiles will be used only within Ukrainian sovereign territory and not inside Russia.
Russia said that its military will deliver “an adequate response” for the delivery of the missiles, without providing any details.
In an apparent response to the missile strikes on Luhansk city, the Russian military two large ammunition depots of Kiev forces near teh cities of Khmelnitsky and Ternopil in western Ukraine with cruise missiles and suicide drones on May 12 and 13.
Russia has several options to neutralize the threat posed by the Storm Shadow, from deploying additional long-range air defense systems, like the S-400, in the special military operation zone, to destroying Ukraine’s remaining Su-24 fighter bombers and newly-delivered missiles on the ground.
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The UK is a terrorist country killing Russian civilians. Tsunami them already or sabotage their under ocean communication cables, this is a good first step. Then play dumb, like they did with NS1 and NS2. And dont forget that they were the mastermind behind the Krim bridge terrorist act. So terrorize them too. Tit for tat.
it is what the anglo goverments have done always. Killing civilians. They are criminals since the XV century.
The empire where the sun never sets has been built on blood and suffering since time immemorial. It is time to end this nation of terrorists already.
I hope IRA which was one of the best antianglozio-nazi force will be again reactivated and the whore Ireland will be finally liberated from the London bastard scums. This time with russian supplied weapons, I mean russian captured english weapons !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You dream of colored ponies, just like Putin with his rainbow lines.
You dream of sucking off the Lodge master and Jimmy Saville.
The IRA was owned outright by the British state. The entire “troubles” of the late twentieth century was a “gang and countergang” psychological operation conducted by the British intelligence agencies to manage the population of the UK. Frank Kitson, David Galula and Ed Lansdale wrote the tune that all the NATO countries played.
Operation Gladio
Brilliant, glad I am not the only one that noticed the same script they keep playing. Back in 1916, the Irish Uprising. 1917 the creation of the IRA and how many times have they used the same old script? Including Ukraine.
I wanted to say a real IRA, not the well known MI6 concocted ‘ controlled dualism’
1917 – the IRA were created, ironically by the same crowd that gave us the Bolsheviks, the Nazis, Fascists, ISIS, BLM, Ukraine Nazis, etc, etc, etc. Just we were not meant to notice how they all link back to the City of London and the R. Bankers, including the Rockerfellers. 1917, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian Empire, and just a few years after the FED Reserve was launched. Not long after the Balfour Declarations and not forgetting events of WWI.
it would be better to do what Helga Zepp LaRouche calls for which in fact would end the “special relationship” between the City of London and Wall Street.
Of course they do, the UK terrorist empire terrorize the entire world for centuries and they pathologically hate Russia. This is their wet dream come true.
Russia/Putin’s deterrence factor is extremely low. After witnessing countless terrorists attack in Russia including on the Kremlin itself, Pentagon and their vassals decided that Putin’s red lines do not exist. Where is Putin? One boring speech per month. Shoigu appears once in two months. Prime minister of Russia… who the heck is PM of Russia? Some dude starting with M? (no, it’s not Medvedev unfortunately). Russian ‘leadership’ is not just weak, it’s almost non-existent. Americans do not play chess much, but they play poker. Putin tried to bluff and failed, now he’s not even trying. NATO (=Pentagon) raise the stake, Putin folds, again and again. Not much money left on the table…
Russia is an old toothless bear who stupidly jumped into a trap. Hunters don’t care what happens to a trap (=ukraine in this case), the bear is bleeding and weak, all vultures in the wood now brave enough to bite him, hyenas like poland and even rats like lithuania, estonia….. Russia needs new leadership, entire new system, and it needs it urgently.
Someone has joined the Zelensky “Powder Room” Club.
I mostly agree from the beginning, in fact. I always said a figure like Jirinovsky would be a much much better war leader. Stalin was and without Stalin, there was a high chance for SSSR to loose ww2, especially in the first year. Putin is good in domestic soft problems, he have a waaay much too conscience ! A ruthless, drastic and aggressive leader is needed to confront the coalition of satanists.
Completely agree with you.
Putin urgently needs to be replaced, he is not a leader for hard times, pathetically he is proving it all the time:
He neither intimidates his adversary, (on the contrary, he makes it more and more daring), nor transmits strength and courage to his own, but quite the opposite, (he demoralizes and confuses them with his lack of charisma and expressiveness)
Compare it to Prigotzine, this one conveys excitement and determination, the other seems addicted to Prozac.
Or with “the old man” Lukasenko, remember him with the submachine gun in the middle of the Belarusian Maidan.
definitely replace shoygu with prigozhin
So, because he is not following the NATO script, of carpet bombing, he is a bad leader? In the meantime, the meat grinder is always full, Ukraine has returned to pre-1922 borders and more importantly, look at the US economy and then check out the G7 members, 5 Eye Nations and EU. Not looking that great. Far better skill set coming from the Kremlin than any NATO/EU/5 Eye/UK/US Administrations.
Well, you can’t change a coach during the game. But yeah I partially agree that russian inadequate reaction only encouraged the West to become more aggressive. not even poker, more like russian roulette with Americans adding one bullet at the time, mostly by using their vassals like Britain or poland while they are “leading from behind”. They want to drag this war forever and Russia must end it asap. How? When fighting monsters you must become a monster. Victory parade a few days ago was a perfect opportunity to change something: stage false flag like Americans always do from USS Maine to 9/11. Ukros themselves were bragging how they were preparing something big, literally threatening with terrorist attack. So use this against them: plant a few bombs in Moscow, or use drones, attack Putin’s motorcade, kill a few people, claim that you prevented an even bigger attack, arrest a few ukro terrorists, they are more than plenty of them in Russia anyway, make them confess, accuse SBU and Zelensky himself for this massacre, accuse the west of openly supporting and arming terrorists, declare full state of war, mobilize 1 mil men, and end this shit. Unleash tactical nukes if necessary, nothing to lose any more. America is not going into full scale nuclear war over ukraine.
you cant change players but sometimes you must change coach 🙂
If Russia use nukes not even China would support them any more
And how exactly they ‘support’ Russia? Russian soldiers and Russian civilians are dying, not Chinese. China is hiding behind Russia and making profit.
Here is something interesting, import of UAVs in April 2023 to Ukraine:
🇺🇦 from China in the amount of 8.465 million dollars,
🇺🇦 from Latvia – in the amount of 3.176 million dollars,
🇺🇦 from Poland – in the amount of 0.066 million dollars,
🇺🇦 from other countries – in the amount of 0.941 million dollars.
Yeah, I don’t get this either, Putin and Xi are all lovey dovey, hugging and talking about how they will bring a new age and yet China isn’t supplying Russia with weapons, while it does so to Ukraine. Yet the West acts as if China is in the trenches on the Russian side. Similar case with Turkey. Does anybody besides maybe Prigozhin want to actually “win” the war?
Chinese cunts only care about money, theyre probably even more greedy than Jews. but they should know if Russia falls China is next .
Hahaha
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You are a poor retard and coprophagus, even your children are ashamed of you!!!
I made love with your children and then gave them to Jens Stoltenberg.
Pamfil Military Academy award you its daily virtual medal ! Perfectly agree. Playing soft and weak will only hurt Russia more..
yeah Russia definitely need to end this war asap. NATO switched from Soviet junk to sending modern weapons worth billions; and these are just the official numbers the real numbers are even higher including smuggled weapons from countries like Turkey, pakistan, egypt, etc etc even China all paid by US/EU
Russia simply can’t outproduce the rest of the world. Even if Ukr. offensive fails and the war turn into positional stale mate it can still last for years and russian cities and infrastructure will be under increased attacks. It will drain russian military and economy.
Your country is being depopulated and you are so big and brave that you do nothing. Because you’re a Coward. That’s why. Go get another booster so your family will disappear. Go along now serf.
So? Will it matter if Russia loses?
Like some tunnel maybe?
I hope so but i doubt putinski will ever do that, i think he is just gaming out this whole SMO for some other party
Kriegserklärung alle strategischen Orte Platt machen
Debilom treba dať príučku!!! Poslal by som na nich Pandoru. Tak ako oni zničili ruskú infraštruktúru tak by som teraz nechal zničiť tu ich a tváril by som sa tak ako oni. ja nič.
For the ones who want to know about the ‘grande’ incoming atlantic pussy counterstrike ‘tournament’ of recent days. here are the real news:
1. The RF Armed Forces repelled the attacks of the battalion tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of the village of Krasnoe in the DPR
As a result of the attack, the nationalists lost about 200 servicemen killed and wounded;
The commander of the 4th motorized rifle brigade, Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov, being at the forefront, personally led the battle;
Two enemy attacks were repulsed. The servicemen of the brigade destroyed three tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles and two armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
During the reflection of the third attack, the brigade commander was seriously wounded and died during the evacuation from the battlefield; Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, led the actions of the personnel, being in another sector of repelling enemy attacks;
During the battle to repel one of the attacks, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko died heroically, having received multiple shrapnel wounds.
2.Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the east of Bogdanovka (the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir)
Motorized riflemen of the 3rd battalion of the 200th motorized rifle brigade repelled six attacks east of Bogdanovka, DPR
The attacks involved assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine numbering more than 100 people, seven tanks, 14 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as other military and special equipment;
Seven tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles and more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
In the zone of responsibility of the 6th division, an attack by enemy assault groups was repelled with the support of three tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles;
Enemy losses amounted to over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles.
So, if you see, denazification is going extremely well especially when russians are REAL russians and behave like theirs ancestor fritz killers in ww2, HEROES, like Panfilov’s 28 soldiers, who only with minimal antitank weapons stopped in its track a vast fascist armored attack. Of course the majority were killed but the damage done to hitlerists were very high and they cannot advance at all. I recomend you to see on Youtube the excellent movie there ! Glory to Russia and its heroes. If russian army will get that kind of mentality, which is very needed but still not in majority, I will have no doubts what so ever that the atlantic shithole will succumb no matter what is going.
If you are not able to crush the Ukrainians and regain the flank and heights lost in Bakhmut, (who threatens the Wagners), everything that the talking head boasts seems like a tall tale to me.
How is it that when I try posting a comment a fraction as long it gets rejected with “comment too long”?
All these dislikes for posting a reasonable question. No trolls here, are there?
It should be obvious to any reasonable thinking human being (they are out there regardless of obscene verbal behaviors) that it is this Anglo-Dutch-American imperial mindset that goes back centuries that is against peace at any cost.
Simply amazing how many dim bulbs approve of the “freedom and democracy” the psychos in DC have inflicted on most of the world. But judging by their potty mouth comments, they are all about 12.
Our British friends helping our Ukrainian friends is beautiful sight. Time to bring hell to Moscow like we will bring hell to Tehran, watch this space losers.
You mean using them for their own interest. Who needs friends who lead you down a blind alley to an unfortunate fate. You are mistaken by your childish assumption.
fucking retard with 1000 fake gay names
Show me who your friends are and know who you are. Slava Bandera, Nazi?
Thank you good update! We progressive Patriots in the US: hegemon, do not want to see Germany militarism return to the capacity of causing a world war as they’ve done twice before, however allot the NATO controlling methods of missiles is one reason now that the German missiles will be shared as well as the tanks. I am pleased that Russia got rid of the NATO intelligence which was already still connecting bioweapon labs …
My concern is whether or not NATO can control uranium-238 aerosolization which is a part of the system of blood vein contamination auspice of how do you clean up the aerosolization from uranium 238 billets use? Fact continues that NATO is the precursor for the US colon hegemon to instigate yet the even worse nuclear molecular weapon d e w?
Don’t believe the fake numbers, what they mean to say is, 2 received already, waiting for another batch of 3-4missiles.
Russia could send a few hundred missiles back to the UK and it would be legitimate.
It could be so simple… target them all until they reach the front! Keep it simple
Russian adequate response means no response. I can guarantee u if russia captures any british merc he will be release very soon
Britain pushes both Europe and the US into confrontation with Russia .. while Putin talks about collective West .. – France hates Britain, same with Spain and Italy .. Germany doesn´t want to get involved … Putin absolutely failed to use these disagreements to Russia´ s advantage .. Putin created “the collective West” .. just another Putin´s failure
agree with you, the current Russian diplomacy does not know how to play its cards to sharpen the Atlanticist contradictions. The situation on the fronts also influences, nobody bets on those who show weakness.
Death to neonazi ukraine rapist army.
Britain is doing what Americans told them to do, if there is any difference between their ruling globalist cliques at all. Same as “Zelensky wants this, Zelensky wants that”: they just give him a script to read. Then Americans are supposedly reluctant about his new request, but UK or Poland or some other idiots are eager to grant him whatever “he wants”, then France and Germany join in and finally Americans themselves. Leading from behind. Just as they planned months in advance. Mickey Mouse show for Mickey Mouse media.
Sure, Britain and Poland and many other have their own hate for Russia. Brits hate everyone and everyone hates them, but that’s irrelevant because they all serve the same masters. And they are in Washington. This is 100% Washingtons war, EU-ropeans are just pathetic slaves with no trace of sovereignty or dignity left. I can’t really blame Putin for this, Europe is under complete US occupation and no one can’t change that. Pentagon decide about everything on strategic, operational even tactical level. Not Britain, not EU, certainly not Zelensky.
Wrong , the whole american economy is being controlled by the cartel of british banks for the last 100+ years (known as FED) , and the whole politics is being controlled by the CIA , which is being controlled by the MI6 literally from the first day of it´s existence (bcs Truman asked Brits for help with setting up the CIA .. something which he immediately regretted)
After the Russian infantry brigade left its position, Ukraine has recaptured at least a kilometer of territory from the occupier in recent days. According to British intelligence, this area is important because it formed a bridgehead for Russia.
“British intelligence” is an oxymoron… and you are just a moron 😃
so they gave/promised them almost all their missiles??? 1,2 billion. insane. open war basically. soon they’ll give them 80% of their nuclear warheads.
why putin is allowing this is beyond me. just tell them: “if your missiles strike our cities our missiles will strike yours”.
Russia has squandered its chances to overwhelm the AFU and now the West can smell their weakness. You can’t fight a war half-assed.
100%, I was just thinking that as well. These weapons and many more never would have made it to Ukraine, if the war was already over. Both for the sake of the Russian civilians (particularly in the Donbas, where they’re getting shelled) and even the Ukrainians – they wouldn’t be conscripting 16yo boys to fight a war if there was no war. How many more people have to needlessly die before someone puts a stop to this Satanic sacrifice ritual?
The satanist in DC and london are making this war as deadly as possible. This serves the plans of the wef, gates and the depopulation schedule. Prepare for no food and martial law and no rights.
As if Trump could find his ass with both hands.
You can probably find old mens asses very easily underneath the table at the Lodge.
I gather you’re a Trump fan. What exactly do you like about this sorry excuse for a human being?…
…That he openly bragged about grabbing women by the pussies? That he said “their are good people on both sides about the racists and Nazis marching in Charlottesville? That he told his deluded followers “we’re going to march to the Capitol” and then bugged out to watch them riot on TV? …
Air launched missiles aren’t much good without airplanes to launch them from.
Or is Ukraine planning to buy balloons – like the one Biden shit himself over – from China?
Clearly Ukrainian jets should be a top priority target.
they’ll give them jets soon, pilots are already training. all this fake charades like ‘release Leopards’ are just shows for stupid masses. everything is going according to plan .
If there’s no power supply in Ukraine then getting them delivered and into service will be very difficult: Russia needs to break the ability to wage war of the entire country.
The Brits can send 1,000 missiles too, but they still need to have aircraft to fire them. Two of the Su24s that fired the last 2 Stormy Daniels missiles were shot down. Russia destroyed a NATO (Khmelnytsky) ammunition depot where 2 tactical nukes stored there detonated. The Europeans are monitoring the fallout btw. and the US network of nuke detectors in Ukronaziland were completed just recently… all coincidence I guess.
And they are gonna be up in flames just as we saw yesterday.
Some are afraid of Russia’s destabilization and want to keep Putin in power as a source of stability. But Putin has proven to be a source of international instability and kleptocratic despotism in Russia. Such a regime must not be supported. How can anybody favor Putin’s frightful suppression of the Russians? Putin belongs in prison.
You have bought the lies of the satanists running the western countries. They started this war by overthrowing the ukraine government in 2014. Look into the video of Nuland telling the us ambassador who to put in charge and the exact words “f*** the EU”. Listen for yourself. This is the neoconservative dream war.
The ideal outcome is that Russia is defeated and has to capitulate, as Germany did in 1945. The problem with the 1991 collapse of the USSR was that it was too peaceful; Russians did not feel defeated. They did not understand why the USSR had collapsed.
What Russia needs is a capitulation, a true humiliation, so that most Russians will understand that they must rethink and denounce Putin. An aggressive war criminal such as Putin must not be left in place. His place is in prison.
How many were taken out yesterday, along with the Depleted Uranium? Ironic, that the DU will damage the Galicia section of Ukraine and not the East. Oooooops and guess the UK were not expecting that.