At the end of May, Ukraine officially confirmed that it had begun using British Storm Shadow cruise missiles. A video has now surfaced on the Internet showing the weapon being demonstrated.
The video shows a Ukrainian Su-24M supersonic bomber carrying two Storm Shadow missiles. It is not known where and when the video was filmed.
Footage of said Ukrainian Su-24M armed with a pair of Storm Shadow cruise missiles. https://t.co/0yeVK2PEcM pic.twitter.com/YKhVzHuvr2
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 6, 2023
Storm Shadow is a French-British air-to-ground missile developed by MBDA. The missile is designed to destroy important targets that are well protected by air defenses. Storm Shadow can be used at any time of the day and in adverse weather conditions. It is capable of engaging targets at ranges of up to 1,000 km.
Ukraine received the export version of the missile with an operational range of about 300 km.
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