Storm Shadow rocket. What will help 1300 kg of ammunition to Ukraine, and whether it is to run it

It was developed on the basis of the French winged Apache. In June 1996, the French-British development won the tender of the UK. In 1997, companies received funding for the development and production of the latest ammunition. A year later, a contract for production of 500 missiles for the French army was signed. It is also worth noting that Storm Shadow in the French army is called Scalp-EG, which is actually deciphering as a "winged long-range rocket.

" During the development, the first shooting took place at the French landfill in 2000 at the end of December. The carrier was the Miraage 2000n fighter. In the UK, the first shooting took place in May 2001 from the Tornado fighter. Both trials were successful. Already in 2003, the French army accepted Scalp-EG first under the planes of Mirage 2000D, and then under more modern Rafale. Missiles receive naval forces and air space forces.

In the royal Air Force of the United Kingdom, the Storm Shadow rocket was arrived in 2022. In total, the carriers of rockets are 4 aircraft: nowadays the production of Storm Shadow is engaged in MBDA. Among the features are its range-up to 560 km for the Armed Forces of France and the United Kingdom and more than 250 km to export other customers. The product is made up of 5 components at once - inertial, GPS, TerProm, Tercom and the infrared head.

TerProm and Tercom are systems that take into account the circuits of the terrain and compare them with the data provided by the onboard computer. Systems allow you to increase the accuracy of the rocket. The mass of the rocket is 1300 kg, from which the battle part is 450 kg. In this case, the Bae Systems warhead is two -tier. First, the cumulative charge burns the armor/concrete/ground, and then most of it penetrates the target to cause maximum impact.

The main goals for the rocket are hostile command points, ships, submarines in the port, bridges and other strategic points. Storm Shadow is a winged rocket that operates on the principle of "fired and forgot", it is programmed before launching, and because of this it is impossible to change its flight course. The function of changing the target during the flight is planned to add in the range of Spear 4.

Storm Shadow flies on a low trajectory, before the goal it rises, then dive to the object for attack. Even before the official adoption of the UK, the UK used Storm Shadow rocket while invading Iraq in 2003. It is known that it was used by the 617 squadron of the royal Air Force. France, Italy and the United Kingdom also used Scalp-EG during the Libya Civil War. The goals were the al-Juffra airbase and a military bunker in the orphan.

Then NATO countries have repeatedly used Storm Shadow to beat Syria. According to the Washington Post, London plans to send Storm Shadow missiles to Kiev. Prime Minister Risha Snak declared his intention to transfer the long-range weapons. Now the United Kingdom, according to journalists, is already preparing to pass the Storm Shadow missiles. However, it is unknown how the Ukrainian military can launch winged missiles.