Storm Shadow is a long-range missile manufactured by the French company MBDA Missile Systems.
America Britain now after ukraine Has announced to help. Britain Will give long-range Storm Shadow cruise missile to Ukraine. UK’s Defense Secretary Ben Wallace informed about this in Parliament. This missile will work to defeat the morale of the Russian Army. Till now Ukraine has received many types of dangerous weapons, tank destroyer missiles, anti aircraft systems and cannons from different countries. Now the new missile will work to increase the strength of Ukraine.
President Zelensky and his army officers believe that the Storm Shadow missile will play a big role in dealing with the Russian army.
Understand Ukraine from British missile in 5 points
- Who created: Storm Shadow is a long range missile. Which is killed by air. It is made by the French company MBDA Missile System. The first Storm Shadow was developed in 1997 by the UK Ministry of Defense in association with MBDA Missile System Company. In the same year, France also prepared it for its country’s army. After this, the demand for this missile increased in many countries and it was prepared from France and sent to other countries including Italy, Greece.
- USP: Its biggest feature is the range. It can attack up to a distance of 250 kilometers. The weight of this 5.10 meter long missile is 1300 kg. The special thing is that it is capable of attacking day and night in any kind of weather. It can badly destroy the enemy’s airbase, radar installation and communication. The French company had prepared it as such a missile which attacks the enemy very secretly.
- How powerful: Fire and forget technology has been used in the Storm Shadow missile, which strikes very closely keeping an eye on its target. Experts say that its navigation system is very good. In this, inertial navigation, global positioning system and terrain reference navigation have been used, which controls the missile on the target route.
- This is how it works: After the missile is launched, it targets the enemy’s hideout with the help of infrared. It attacks in such a way that there is minimum damage in the unnecessary area around the target. Its warhead is technically very strong, which penetrates directly into the target and creates a sharp explosion.
- How is operated: According to MBDA, this missile is operated from Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale Mirage 2000 and Tornado. The Storm Shadow missile is in service with the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force and the Italian Air Force. Apart from this, it has also been exported to Iraq, Libya and Syria. Experts say that it can become a big force for Ukraine. With the help of which Ukraine will be able to target the Russian army from a long distance.
