France will give Ukraine long-range SCALP cruise missiles with a launch range of more than 250 km

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive long-range missiles from France. The President announced this on July 11

Emmanuel Macron during the NATO summit in Lithuania.

What is known

The President of France did not specify what kind of missiles he was talking about, but it is clear that it was about SCALP. This is the French name for the Storm Shadow cruise missile.

Aircraft carry SCALP and Storm ShadowTornado, Mirage 2000, Rafale and Typhoon. The Ukrainian Air Force was able to adapt the missile for the Su-24 bomber using pylons from British Tornado fighters.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces are actively using StormShadow since the spring when they were taken over by the UK. The missiles can hit targets over 250 kilometers away, enough to hit Russian targets deep behind the front lines.