Lin Sen: Britain provides stealth cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Source: Surging News

Author: Linsen

In order to help Ukraine's counterattack, Britain provided Ukraine with its most advanced "storm shadow" stealth cruise missile.

According to foreign media reports recently, Britain provided a "storm shadow" cruise missile to Ukraine. It is reported that the missile is a long -range cruise missile with stealth capacity and was jointly developed by the United Kingdom and France, which is usually launched from the air.A senior US military official emphasized that this missile has really changed the chess game from the perspective of range.So, can the "Storm Shadow" missile really become a weapon to change the chess game?

"Storm Shadow"

When it comes to cruise missiles, the public will think of the "Tomahawk" in the United States. During the Bay War, within 48 hours in the early days of the war, the U.S. Navy launched 185 Tomahawk cruise missiles.The goals include the Presidential Palace, the Air Force Command Center, and the Air Defense Command Center, etc., and support the development of the subsequent military operations of the coalition forces.In the next many local wars, cruise missiles still played the role of "opening of the road". In the Iraq war, the U.S. military launched a total of 955 cruise missiles, destroying a large number of high -value targets.

In this Russia -Ukraine conflict, cruise missiles were also used in large quantities. For example, on the first day of the war, the three military forces of Russia used various cruise missiles and tactical ballistic missiles against the URAC's air defense positions, command centers and airports.In the raid, the use of sea-based "caliber" series, land-based "Iskander" -K and empty base KH-101/505 and other cruise missiles. In subsequent combat, frequently use cruise missiles to fight UkraineImportant goal.

In terms of long-range strikes, at the beginning of the war, there were only the "dots" left by some Soviet Union -U tactical ballistic missiles left by some Soviet Union, which played a limited role; after entering the second half of the year, the consumption on the battlefield made the Ukraine unable to launch more.Strike.In order to make up for the shortcomings of remote blows, Ukraine changed the active Drawing-141 and UJ-22 and other drones to suicide drones on the one hand; on the other hand, it requires Western countries to provide "Army Tactical Balls Missile", the United States, Britain and other countries were forced by Russia's pressure, providing only the "Hamas" rocket launcher until the arrival of the "shadow of the storm" missile. This is also the farthest weapon provided by Western countries to the Ukraine.

The "Storm Shadow" missile is an air -fired cruise missile developed on the basis of the Apache Anti -runway missile."Sikap"), in the later period, France has developed the MDCN sea -based cruise missile on the basis of SCALP missiles, which can be launched by warships and submarines.The "Storm Shadow" missile is 5.1 meters long and weighs 1.3 tons. It uses a turbojet engine. The standard range is greater than 250 kilometers and the extended process is more than 400 kilometers.

"Storm shadow" cruise has two places worthy of attention: one is to use stealth design; the other is to adopt advanced composite guidance methods, which has high hits.In order to improve the ability of stealth, the missile adopts a sharp edge of the edges and rectangular bombs that helps reduce the radar reflection sectional area (RCS).In terms of missiles, missiles have also adopted a variety of measures.Through a variety of measures, the stealth ability of the "Storm shadow" cruise missile is stronger than missiles that have not been used in stealth design.In terms of guidance, the missile adopts a composite guidance method of habitual guidance+GPS+scene matching+end infrared imaging, which not only has strong anti -interference ability, but also improves the hit accuracy of the missile.

The "Storm Shadow" cruise missile equipment troops have undergone many actual tests.The first actual combat was during the Iraq war in 2003, the British Air Force "Wind" attack aircraft used this type of missile to attack important goals in Iraq.The second actual combat was during the multi -national air strike in Libya in 2011. At that time, the British, the French Air Force and the Italian Air Force used fighters to use the "Storm Shadles"/"Scap" cruise missiles to attack the government forces of Libya Gaddafi.The third actual combat was used in April 2018 in the Syrian military strike operation.At present, there is no information that this type of missile has been intercepted by air defense firepower, which proves that the missile has strong penetration capabilities.

How much Impact will it bring to the war situation

Britain and Ukraine have not disclosed to the outside world for the number and launch platform for assistance."Storm shadow" is an air -fired cruise missile. If the British aid Ukraine's "sulfur stone" short -range air -land missile is changed to terrestrial aircraft, due to the use of jet engines, rockets need to be added.Therefore, with the help of Western countries, the possibility of integrated active fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, MiG-29 and Su-24, has been relatively high. Previously, the AGM-88A anti-radiation missiles have been integrated with the help of Western countries in MiGe-29 fighter.In terms of target information acquisition, NATO countries will provide it. Basically, there is no need to worry about the Ukraine.

Whether it is a standard type with a range of more than 250 kilometers or an additional range with a range of more than 400 kilometers.Earlier, Ukraine repeatedly required the US -made "Army Tactical Missile" (ATACMS) provided by Western countries, but failed to succeed.More than.The arrival of the missile will give the Ukraine a certain long -range strike capability, which can be used to combat the in -depth goals of the Russian and Wudong state forces, such as the key goals such as oil depot, command post, and military strength to cooperate with the Urban counterattack operations.

The Ukrainian counterattack operation is the most watched topic in Russia and Ukraine's conflict in the near future.On May 13th, according to Wagner's leader Porigkin, the Ukrainian army suddenly launched a certain scale of counterattack on the two wings of Atmusk, and a counterattack occurred on other front lines.According to the US media reports, the Ukrainian army prepared nine brigades for the big counterattack. These brigades have equipped various tanks and armored vehicles and artillery provided by the West in the past six months.If the big counterattack starts, the "Storm shadow" missile will be used with the "Hamas" rocket launcher and a small amount of "Thunder" -2 tactical ballistic missile to combat key goals and cooperate with counterattack operations.

The "Haimas" rocket cannon can be said to be a great confidant of the Russian army, and the tactics of "run away" make it difficult for the Russian army to destroy in time.In January of this year, a temporary deployment point of the Russian army was hit by the Ukraine's "Hamas" multi -rocket launcher. The Russian side said that 63 people died in the attack.The Ukrainian army acknowledged the impact, but the number of deaths announced by the Russian army was about 400.In recent times, it has been reported that the combat efficiency of the "Haimas" rocket launcher is declining, which may be because Russia has adopted new interference equipment, which is very dependent on satellite navigation.The end imaging guidance equipment has strong anti -interference capacity, and the low -altitude flight and stealth ability blessing are likely to become a weapon that makes the Russian army even more headache.

In my opinion, Britain agrees to assist the Ukraine's "Storm Shadow" missile in addition to enhancing the Urban remote strike ability, but also has its own "small abacus".

The first purpose is to test weapon performance and new tactics by fighting strong enemies.In the past, the scenes used by the missiles were fighting with the weak country. In the case of falling on the side, these missiles basically had no opponents, and the Russian and Ukraine battlefields were different.How the missile combat effectiveness needs to be further tested.At present, the ADM-160 air-ray bait of the United States has been found in the Russian and Ukraine battlefield, which is likely to be a tactic with the missile combat to cover the "storm shadow" missile pop-up operation and improve the combat effectiveness.According to reports, Lugusk, 90-100 kilometers from the front line, was attacked by two Ukraine's ballistic missiles or cruise missiles on the 12th. A factory and an oil storage facility were hitmiddle.

The second purpose is to test Russia's reaction by cutting sausage -type military aid methods.Before the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, NATO countries dared to help some light weapons such as anti -tank missiles and portable missiles, and then slowly expanded to remote air defense missiles, air -ground missiles, fighters and main war tanks. As for the remote weapons, they were cautious.Before the shadow of the storm, the farthest range of the aid range was the "Hamas" rocket launcher, with the maximum range of nearly 80 kilometers.After the "Storm Shadow" missile, NATO countries may discuss assistance to more cruise missiles and even tactical ballistic missiles.

It is reported that the range of the "Storm Shadow" cruise missile can go deep into the Russian control area of Wudong.A Western official said that Britain has been guaranteed by the Ukrainian government that these missiles will only be used in Ukraine's sovereign territory, rather than in Russia.Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russia provided a negative attitude towards Britain with a "storm shadow" cruise missile, and Russia will take necessary response measures.

The influence of the "Storm Shadow" cruise missile battle situation, the author believes that it mainly depends on the quantity. If the number exceeds hundreds or even hundreds, the threat to the Russian army is still relatively large, but Russia will also try to reduce ways to reduceThe impact of the missile, therefore, the two sides are worth paying attention to how the missiles attack and defense combat.