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The UK has handed over the Armed Forces High -Detailed Brimstone missiles: what is their range (photo, video)

The UK Ministry of Defense showed a video how missiles were sent to Ukraine, which, according to them, have already played a crucial role in detering in Russia. The UK Ministry of Defense has confirmed information on the transfer of high-precision Brimstone-2 missiles to Ukraine. The information about this appeared on the official page of the Ministry on Twitter. "Within the range of assistance, the United Kingdom provided high -precision Brimstone 2 armed forces," the statement said.

The UK Ministry of Defense also noted that it was the military and technical assistance of such a plan that has already played a crucial role in restraining Russia. Published by the Office shows how high -precision missiles are loaded into a transport aircraft to deliver the Ukrainian military. Brimstone 2 missiles are equipped with laser guidance and has an increased radius. Technique since 2016 on the UK. The rocket launched from the aircraft can fly up to 60 km.

And when launching from terrestrial platforms, its range is about 12 kilometers. Brimstone 2 has an improved homing head (GSN) of a millimeter range, a more modular design and improvement of the glider and software for overall productivity by increasing the range and area of ​​the lesion, including an increase in more than 200% of maximum range.