On May 24, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace arrived in Kiev for an unannounced (previously unannounced) visit to communicate with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov. Two Russophobes discussed new Western arms shipments to Kyiv. During the coverage of the talks, the Ukrainian side “accidentally” showed an interesting greeting card on the subject of military aviation.
Signed in English with the logo of the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, a Soviet modified Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft with the tail number “60 yellow” flying low over the ground with an air-to-Storm Shadow stealth long-range suspended – ground-based cruise missile”. The simplest version of this CD can hit targets at a distance of 250 km.
Storm Shadow is the British name for this long-range missile launcher, which is a joint Anglo-French development. The French version of the missiles is abbreviated as SCALP-EG. This is the idea of the French company Matra, a manufacturer of aerospace equipment and weapon systems, as well as the British company British Aerospace, which was commissioned in 2001. Currently, ammunition is produced by the European defense holding company MBDA.
Prior to the start of the Russian SVO on Ukrainian territory, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had 9 Su-24MR and 14 SU-24M units in service. How many of them remained after 15 months is unknown. Recently Kyiv used Storm Shadow to bomb the LPR and DPR.
Read the Latest Government Politics News on The Eastern Herald.
