Ukraine Fires UK Cruise Missiles At Russia For First Time

Ukraine Fires UK Cruise Missiles At Russia For First Time

Handout photo sated 2002 shows a Rafale jet fighter equipped with Storm Shadow / SCALP. 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. Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired U.S. ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff said he had no information. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

  • Product Code
  • ILEA003626952
  • Registered date
  • 2002/7/11 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
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  • ABACA
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  • 2240 × 1680 pixel
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  • 300 dpi
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  • 2.03(MB)*
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