The Storm Shadow cruise missile, a weapon that has proven highly effective in Ukrainian hands against high-value Russian targets, is at the center of a renewed defense pact between the UK and France.

The U.K. and France committed to buying additional Storm Shadow cruise missiles, wielded in the Russia-Ukraine war, while ...

The UK will expand production of Storm Shadow cruise missiles at MBDA’s Stevenage site under a new missile cooperation pact ...

Ukrainian armed forces fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time on Wednesday, the second long-range assault after the US approved their usage earlier this week.

A Storm Shadow missile is prepared for loading to a Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft in the Gulf in support of Operation TELIC, March 21, 2003.

Whereas Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles are long-range, air-to-air cruise missiles, ATACMS are surface-to-surface systems with some ability to maneuver during flight.

Smoke rising from where a Storm Shadow missile was used to kill Russian Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsokov in Berdyansk last July. Telegram. Russia had previously tried to downplay the effectiveness of the ...

A Storm Shadow missile on display inside the RAF Museum in London in June 2010. (Wikimedia Commons/Rept0n1x) The Storm Shadow has a relatively long and colorful combat history.

Storm Shadow (SCALP) is able to effectively engage a variety of targets such as control centres, hardened aircraft shelters, runways, buildings and bridges, SAM Systems and ships in port.

Storm Shadow missiles are normally launched from Western fighter jets such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Rafale, the Mirage 2000, and the Tornado, per MBDA.

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The Storm Shadow missiles require guidance from U.S. sources to strike targets at the top end of their range, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.