Storm Shadow (cruise missile)
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| General Information | |
| Type | Cruise missiles |
| Local name | Storm Shadow, SCALP |
| NATO designation | Storm Shadow |
| Country of origin |
 United Kingdom of France
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| Manufacturer | MBDA |
| development | 1997 |
| Commissioning | 2002 |
| Working time | in service |
| Unit price | 770,000–1.13 million euros |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 5100 mm |
| diameter | 980 mm |
| Combat weight | 1300 kg |
| span | 3000 mm |
| drive | Microturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet |
| speed | Mach 0.8 |
| Range | approx. 560 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | Inertial navigation platform plus GPS |
| Target location | TERPROM and IIR |
| Warhead | 450 kg BROACH penetration warhead |
| Detonator | Programmed detonator |
| Weapon platforms | Planes |
| Lists on the subject | |
Storm Shadow is a cruise missile developed by Great Britain and France . The manufacturer is the European MBDA consortium. In France it was put into service under the name SCALP ( Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée = dt. "Autonomous long-range cruise flight system" ).
development
In February 1997, the British Ministry of Defense awarded the Matra BAE Dynamics consortium the contract to design an airborne cruise missile. The Apache cruise missile formed the basis for the design . In 1998 France joined the project. The first test flight of the Storm Shadow took place in December 2000. In 2002 Storm Shadow entered service with the British Royal Air Force . Deliveries to France began in 2004.
In 2004, MBDA also began developing a sea-based variant of the Storm Shadow. This was initially called SCALP-Naval . The MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) has been developed on the basis of this guided missile since 2007 . MdCN is intended to be used on submarines and warships and has a range of 1000 km. The ship-based version should be ready for use from 2015. The submarine-based version will be delivered from 2018.
At the end of 2015, tests were carried out with the Italian Eurofighter prototype IPA 2 (Instrumented Production Aircraft) at the British target range in Aberporth . Alenia Aermacchi , BAE Systems and QinetiQ were involved in the trials. The interaction of the instruments of the Eurofighter and Storm Shadow as well as the safe separation of the missile when fired were tested. The sharp shot came on November 6th.
Six nations have introduced the missile since 2002.
technology
The missile has stealth technology and is accelerated by a turbojet engine to a cruising speed of Mach 0.8. The navigation takes place via an internal inertial navigation system and a global positioning system . Together with a TREPROM system, the Storm Shadow controls its target area at low altitude at an altitude of 30–40 m. It has an infrared sensor for approaching the target, which is used to verify the target. If a target already has structural weak points that make it easier for the missile to penetrate, this is automatically recognized and the approach course is changed. The mission can be canceled with a 2-way data link during the flight and the missile can be redirected to another destination.
The Storm Shadow has a double charge warhead called BROACH ( B omb R oyal O rdnance A ugmented CH arge). This serves to combat concrete structures in bunkers. The warhead has a subpoena that blasts a hole in the target's armor. The main charge follows through the opening and detonates inside the building. BROACH can penetrate 3.4–6.1 m of reinforced concrete. The target can be 6.1–9.1 m below the surface of the earth.
variants
- Storm Shadow: Version for NATO member states.
- SCALP: Version for the French Air Force . Range 560 km
- Black Shaheen: Version for the United Arab Emirates. Reduced range of 250 km.
- MdCN : (Missile de Croisière Naval) Further development of the SCALP-Naval. For use from submarines and warships. Range 1000 km.
commitment
It was first used by the Royal Air Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. According to British data, all of the 27 cruise missiles fired have hit their targets and destroyed. The Royal Air Force, the Armée de l'air and the Aeronautica Militare deployed Storm Shadow cruise missiles in the course of the establishment of a no-fly zone during the civil war in Libya in 2011 . In the course of the anti-terrorist operation against the terrorist organization " Islamic State ", the Armée de l'air uses, among other things, cruise missiles of the SCALP type. On June 27, 2016, the British Ministry of Defense stated that the day before, Tornado GR.4 combat aircraft had used Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the first time in the fight against IS. The targets here were IS bunkers, all four storm shadows used hit their target. In August 2016, the Armée de l'air also deployed Storm Shadow cruise missiles in Syria. On August 21, eleven Mirage 2000D launched a Storm Shadow against targets in Ar-Raqqa . Since the beginning of the French air strikes against the terrorist organization IS ( Opération Chammal ), French planes have deployed 50 Storm Shadow.
Orders and deployment platforms
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France : 500
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Greece : 90 -
Italy : 200 -
Saudi Arabia : 200 -
United Arab Emirates : 600 -
United Kingdom : 900
The following aircraft types can / could use the Storm Shadow:
- Tornado GR4 / IDS
- Harrier GR7 / GR9
- Eurofighter
- Rafale
- Mirage 2000
- General Dynamics F-16
- Lockheed-Martin F-35
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Scott: MBDA begins MdCN cruise missile production . ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: janes.com, October 19, 2014, accessed October 21, 2014.
- ↑ Tests with Storm Shadow . In: European Security & Technology 1/2016. P. 78.
- ↑ Norman Friedman: The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapons systems, 1997-1998, p. 518 (English).
- ^ Royal Air Force Aircraft & Weapons. (No longer available online.) In: Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mike Markowitz and John D. Gresham: Storm Shadow at War . In: defensemedianetwork.com, May 17, 2012, accessed October 21, 2014.
- ↑ RAF uses Storm Shadows against IS bunker | IHS Jane's 360. (No longer available online.) In: www.janes.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2016 ; Retrieved July 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Frédéric Lert: France carries out large SCALP-EG attack on targets in Syria. (No longer available online.) In: Janes.com. IHS Jane's 360, August 25, 2016, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 25, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
