Storm Shadow: What does the weapon bring to the fight in Ukraine?

Storm Shadow: What does the weapon bring to the fight in Ukraine?

Storm Shadow missiles are Precision guided cruise missiles with a firing range and excess of 250 km its multi-stage Warhead creates an initial penetrating charge to clear soil or enter a bunker followed by a delay fuse to control detonation of the main Warhead the weapons have been used in operations in Iraq Libya and the gulf former RAF Commander Greg bwell said when used it could make enemy targets very vulnerable including in the war effort in Ukraine it doesn’t wait for the enemy to sort of come into into a into a trench in front of you and fight them one-on-one what you aim to do is destroy peace meal at distance so it can never bring that sort of mass if you will to bear that’s what Storm Shadow finally gives Ukraine the ability to do and if they can do that then they will really hurt the Russian effort the weapon can be launched from a number of different aircraft when fired the missiles will allow Pilots to stay further back from front lines due to its longrange cap abilities the missiles also work in low altitude to avoid detection from enemy radar before latching onto its Target with an infrared Seeker the aircraft effectively far and forgets it turns away lets it Go and and and can watch on the news what it does quite frankly so so yeah the airplane is only a very minor part o of of the firing chain if you like the the missile then does its own thing it’s called an air launch cruise missile because it then becomes if you like you know not not unlike a suicide Dr Dr You could argue but it’s an air launched one in this case and and is a lot bigger and a lot and has a lot more punch and and the beauty of Storm Shadow is it’s mostly effective against large static targets because it’s designed to take them out whatever they may be whether it’s a rail head a bridge a bunker storage area whatever it might be so you can actually pre-plan those targets well ahead of the mission RAF tornadoes use Storm Shadow missiles operationally for the first time during the 20 03 invasion of Iraq although they were yet to officially enter service an accelerated testing schedule saw them employed by the RAF 617 Squadron in Conflict csy Chambers forces news thanks for watching for more from forces news like And subscribe to our Channel

Storm Shadow missiles have been used in conflicts all over the world, and are currently being used by Ukraine against the invading Russian forces.

The precision-guided cruise missile can be used against ground targets and is particularly effective against large static targets such as bunkers.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has signalled that Ukraine can use Storm Shadow missiles to strike military targets inside Russia.

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