Russia Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles

Russia Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles

Handout photo dated 2004 shows a French Navy Rafale MO2 combat aircraft took off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and carried out a highly successful firing of MBDA’s Storm-Shadow / SCALP EG long-range cruise missile. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain. Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name, in France it is called SCALP-EG. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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