The United Kingdom plans to be the first to supply long-range missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. About
What is known
At the end of April, information appeared thatThe UK is preparing to purchase weapons for Ukraine that will allow hitting targets at a distance of up to 300 km. The Washington Post writes that we can talk about Storm Shadow air-launched missiles.
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At the beginning of this year, the Minister of Defense of UkraineAleksey Reznikov said that long-range missiles would make it possible to break through the Russian defenses. He also noted that Ukraine is ready to provide guarantees for the use of weapons exclusively on the territory of Ukraine, which was occupied by Russian troops.
Over the past year, seniorUS officials expressed concern that Ukraine could use missiles to strike military targets in the Russian Federation. This is one of the reasons why the US does not transfer ATACMS missiles with a launch range of up to 300 km, limiting itself to high-precision GMLRS projectiles. They can destroy targets within a radius of 80 km.
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The case went off the rails for a few months.ago, when one of the military assistance packages included GLSDB missiles with a range of 150 km. However, this is a new weapon, and Ukraine will receive it only by the end of this year.
As for Storm Shadow, these are airborne missiles.based, which can reach speeds of up to 1000 km / h. The carriers are Tornado IDS, Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Mirage 2000, Dassault Rafale, F-35 and Nimrod MRA4.
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The Ukrainian Air Force does not have such aircraft,but they will be able to integrate missiles into Soviet MiG-29 fighters. Previously, this was done with the American AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles.