Storm Shadow: Ukraine's Deadly New Cruise Missile
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
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last time i was this early russia still had tanks
Emphasis on 'had', a lot, and I mean alot are history.😂
@@carlthor91yes that was the joke
Last time I was that early we had an unplanned pregnancy.
You mean Ukraine? Because they're the one who are begging for tanks. Western junk tanks got rekt before even firing a shot 😂
That burn is hotter than the inside of a T-72 that's been hit by a Javelin.
With the FC/ASW due to come in, perhaps France and the UK need to clear out some missile storage space. I hear Kyiv has very reasonable storage rates for several hundred missiles.
It would be nice if my Country Germany sees the writing on the wall and would clear out their Taurus Stocks. It's an improved Version of Storm Shadow builded by a partnership between Saab and MBDA, with 350km range. We got 600 of them, 150 operational. I would like to see that we refurbish 150 of the 450 reserve Taurus for domestic security and give the 150 operational Taurus to Ukraine. The Interface would be similar and i can't imagine what Target lays at 270km range behind the frontline which would be suddenly in the range of Bunkebuster Warheads *cought* Kertsch-Bridge *cought*
There are a handful of other nations that can do the same.
Diese idee sind echt nicht schlact.
Warum wartet alle ?
Was glauben Sie?
@Elkarlo77 150 of 600 operational. Now that's peak German military. Yes we have hundreds of equipment, and maybe 1/4 works, maybe if we bought enough spares and the contractor isn't suing us.
@@jgw9990 The 450 are Hulls in storage, it would need more money to keep them ready and loaded. So they are without explosive Warhead, which would be needed to be replaced after 10 years anyway. The 150 operational are with warheads, are checked regularly, batteries swapped etc. I would argue that the 450 are in better shape then the 150 operationals. But the stored needs to be armed, equipped etc. This Missles are miniature Airplanes. As an Example: The US has now Problems delivering the JDAM-ER Bombs for Himars. Because the Rocket Boosters they want to use are to old and have to be checked. It is easier to have unarmed unequipped Ammunition Hulls laying around then equipped ones. Giving Ukraine the 150 operational Cruise Missles and then ready another 150 from Storage would be even good for the Bundeswehr. When i served 1998 i got a G3 from 1962, it was one of the best rifles, it came straight from the depots literally directly from H&K, while others had newer ones, which had seen hundreds of recruits shooting with it. I could easily hit 9's and 10's on 300 Meter with a tight grouping. In the end the Group of Rifles from the Depot was used for the qualification shooting for the others and they were marked for the Christmas Shooting of the officers. (lot of extra cleaning 😞 ) The same goes for the Leopard 2: Only 150 of 300 are operational, because the other 150 are for the Reserve units. They are not kept in a ready state, as it would cost lot of money and needs lot of Manpower, but of course the News sounds better: "Germany has 300 Leopard 2, only 120 Leopard 2 are combat ready. Makes a better headline than: "Out of 150 active Leopard 2, 30 are in need of repairs." A Tank in Reserve has it's fluids drained and is most likely wax coated, at least we did it in the 90's. Which means to reactivate it you need around 2-3 Days 4 Man working on it, more likely 1 Week.
UK, thank you for your support! Amount of your help can not be overestimated. You are saving lives!
Special gratitude should be said to your volunteers! You are unbelievable people and our heroes.
Thank you for saying so 😊😊 from all of the UK "we love you Ukraine"
🇺🇦 🇬🇧✌🏻
As UK born and bread Scotland I support all we do for Ukraine hard times for us or not 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇦
And the rest of the world dont care about Ukraine.
I have personally donated enough to buy our Ukraine brothers and sisters 2 drones. I thought long and hard about what my money was going to amount to...deaths most likely. Then I asked how would I feel if my country was invaded, I was battling to survive against invaders, and how much appreciation and respect I would have for someone on the other side of the world to help me defend and keep my homeland.
No brainer.
I paid a little to make sure it was legit, and after realising it was and my contact was real, I sent enough to pay for 2 overall. Im not rich, well off, or even doing great....
But if you sit back and don't help, you are a failure as a human.
Stand with your family, friends, or even defending a stranger in distress?? Absolutely 100%, even though I may not know them directly. Because I believe in good people.
Russia and the lying pig Putin.... he lied about his intent, then blames Ukraine, like the weak little worm he is.
Good when the UK and France works together. They do achieve some great projects.
UK and France have worked together for many years
Fair play
Like bangers & crepes
Small correction: Russia's missile stats are often measured in range of the missile added to the range of the delivery platform, rather than just the missile. That means the Kaliber missile has a much smaller range. Im sure your writer for this episode found the stat of something along the lines of 2000-3000km and went with the conservative estimate. That variation is to account for different delivery systems.
Otherwise great video, love all your channels :)
Using that method Tornado GR.4 + Stormshadow would have a range of roughly 1900 to 2000km (assuming a range of roughly 1600 to 1700km for the Tornado GR.4 with two 2250 liter drop tanks and a range of the missile of at least 250km but probably closer to 400km).
Typhoon + Stormshadow would have a range of at least 1350 but probably 1500km (assuming a range of Typhoon with a single 1000 liter drop tank of about 1100km).
@@Akm72 That gives Ukraine a range of ~900km for the Stormshadow since the SU24 has a combat range of 615km when carrying a payload of 3000kg when fit with a drop tank, allowing it to carry 2 Stormshadows on a single mission.
That's a great observation! What if future UK specs added that aspect to OUR publicity? I'm sure it would scare any potential enemy from escalating, much the same as the "nuclear deterrent" does now?
The US army is working on some next generation missiles for HIMARS type of platform. Its mid-range missile program says 1500km and its long range missile program might be pushing 2800km
@@black8art - there's significant value in underestimating a weapons capability to avoid providing a method of generating tactics against it. The British have always providing limited info on their weapons capabilities often not declaring game changing features and/or under reporting the weapons range (sometimes very significantly).
Funny how every single time France and the UK actually work together, they make wonders
Except for the Suez crisis, we don't talk about that one
The Suez what? Don't know what you're referring to mate...
@@axelamps1279 Some dodgy guy had two swimming pools and wanted to make one big swimming pool. Got a contractor in to do the work, didn't pay the contractor, then the contractor took possession of both swimming pools. Unfortunately for the contractor, dodgy swimming pool guy knew a guy and the contractor ended up getting swindled. Contractor proceeded to build Storm Shadow to dissuade dodgy pool guys of the future.
@@axelamps1279 in short form, after WW2, Britain and France wanted to keep a hold of their imperialist territories and the idea was to work together and allow the new country of Israel, to invade Egypt and possess the entire Suez Canal.
However in doing so, the USSR got angry as it was aggression for no reason over Egypt, an ally. And the US was angry that its allies had put an operation together without its notice, resulting in the failure of the operation.
Suez Crisis was a shitty band right?
@@sheepbow909 I think @axelamps1279 was being tongue-in-cheek dude.
But now we're talking about what we don't like to talk about, let's also point out that Egypt (Nasser) was a Karen who went crying to the USSR (Khrushchev) after he arbitrarily nationalised the Suez Canal that had been built exclusively with foreign money (French and British). It's an unfair characterisation to say that Britain and France took over the canal "with no reason". They'd built one of the most expensive pieces of civil engineering in human history only to have it robbed off them by a dodgy dictator. Sure, illusory (*edit nostalgic) imperialistic ambitions played a part, but it was also a question of daylight robbery.
I’d just like to add that the missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
muhahahahaha at LEAST it KNOWS (or doesnt) where it IS...NOW, because it KNEW where it wasnt...right NOW...have I missed something??
However, along the way it achieved self-awareness and proclaimed 'Let there be light'. And there was light, and for a brief microsecond it saw that it was good.
Not sure if you are trolling or not. Well done.
After reading that, I don't even know where I am now! 🤣
I swear I've already seen this exact comment somewhere
Really good video. I have heard that the Storm Shadows sent by the UK and France were older and had been withdrawn to be destroyed. This is expensive to do. So it was good value to service them, make sure they would work and give them to Ukraine to use. The missiles get destroyed, the Ukrainians get a valuable target neutralised and it puts the Russians on the back foot! Seems like a win all round!
Storm Shadows from RAF stock are significantly more potent than the export version
@PassportToPimlico Double the range I believe and it also fires off a decoy before approaching the target
@@TomGodson95 I know one of the designers and he has hinted to me that we don't know the half of it
Yes you get to bloody your enemy's nose with a weapon you were about to chuck in the bin. Bargain really
Once again, terrific research and analysis. This network of YT channels gets better and better.
Thank you, Simon. I always enjoy your content and your sense of humor that you deliver the information with making it enjoyable in spite of some deadly subject matter. Cheers from NorCal
Does he know the UK government created the Nazi units Right Sector 1&2 using UK Nazis? Does he know Boris Johnson got ZZelinsky to teear up a signed peace deal obviously not.
Most of these have been shot down or destroyed in storage. Those that have hit have done insignificant damage. Gotta love propaganda from Shitstain 🇬🇧
One of the weapon worth every hype.
Pantsir missile just saying nope and turned around in front of a Storm Shadow is peak stealth weapon commercial.
It managed to intimidate an AA missile, that’s quite the feat
All nonsense, Russia has been shooting these things down like candy, along with the planes that launch them. Don't you find it strange that in an age of satellites, drones, every soldier and civilian with a 4k video camera in their pockets, that you're not inundated nightly with images of the battle on TV? Because it's all gaslighting, Ukraine is losing this attrition war, badly with casualty ratios favoring the Russians by 7:1 or higher, as evidenced by the Pentagon leaks. Curious how they won't talk about that, or Nordstream 1&2 isn't it?
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Very informative thanks
Great video. I got a bit nostalgic when i saw the Tornadoes carrying them though. As an army brat, the base we were near used to have them fly over super low trying to set off the base alarms. Theyd come over the house so low you could clearly see the pilots. I miss those planes.
Nothing warms my heart more than mankind's tools of destruction.
Just having the Storm Shadows in the area also means cheaper cruise missiles might be used to increase impact beyond the low numbers of Storm Shadows themselves. Tracking and threat identification systems tuned for seeking storm shadows might be confused by other low flying weapons and drive the Russian military to expend more expensive countermeasures like we saw when Himars was introduced.
Or they can just study the algorithms of the Storm Shadow that they captured, you know?
@@definitelyfrank9341why how many have they captured?
@@lynby6231 At least one fully intact missile.
Great info as usual ❤
Interesting and informative. Thanks.
1:14 killing from a distance
5:17 birth of a weapon
8:57 missiles over Ukraine
14:22 weapon of the future
Not all heros wear capes
@@stevedave70some have wings.
Captian shart?...🤔
Intelligence from locals in occupied territory is what helps to make this missiles so effective. They can also provide up todate photos to help missile identify the target.
Intelligence from locals can be gold, but so can all the images the west is providing.
Since when we’re locals able to take pics and update storm missiles? 🤔 please do attempt to explain his pics taken from the ground are able to update the satellite/OH format with pics taken from the ground….
Or have you just made this up? 🤔
Locals take pictures which tell Ukrainian Intelligence where the invading forces are placing their fuel/ammunition dumps or Command facilities. Storm Shadow missiles get sent to that location. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
excellent presentation! thank you
How refreshing! You actually tend towards objectivity despite your manifest proclivities to do otherwise. Good for you.
Gold star for Ukrainian Air Force maintainers for the ability to successfully merge a state of the art weapon to a museum piece.
my guy, the storm shadow is the same age as a middle age male
Apparently, Polish techs did the integration work.
@@cacwgm I'd guess it was a joint effort between British, French, Polish and Ukrainian engineers.
@@UwU-pk6nv So far no weapons sent to Ukraine have been state-of-the-art, except maybe Bayraktar. But they are still at least 30 years newer than most of the Russian stuff.
@@UwU-pk6nv nor is the Su-24 a museum piece. It's pretty much the most potent heavy long range strike aircraft in the world today.
It should be noted that the UK do not have export variants of Storm Shadow to give to Ukraine. So unless we are specially modifying them for Ukraine (rather unlikely) they are get the full range version.
The range will just be defined in the software. It would be a very simple job to alter the relevant parameters in the software before delivery. Of course it could only be changed with the appropriate systems and security.
As with so many modern "smart" systems, much is effectively defined in software.
@@TheEulerID I would point out several things. When questioned the UK defence minister refused to answer questions about the range of the missiles Ukraine received. Two the treaty a out missile technology is for those with a payload of 500kg and up. Given Storm Shadow only has a payload of 450kg those "restrictions" simply don't apply. Thirdly it is not at all clear if the treaty applies to nations with a domestic capability that exceeds the treaty. Though calling it a treaty is going a bit far it's more like a memorandum of understanding. The only actual restriction will be don't blow shit up in Russias internationally recognized borders.
MISSILES on teapots for delivering tea without getting off your couch.
Don't mean to be rude, but I'm so glad this dude speaks quickly. Good stuff.
Rivals often do make the best partners, this Anglo-French co-developed missile is basically the Concorde of "F••• around and find out".
Cost of the Storm Shadow one million dollars. Putting a hole in the Crimean bridge, priceless.
The US should give Ukraine MGM-140 ATACMS long range missiles for it's HIMARS and MLRS (HIMARS big brother). They can hit targets 300km away about the same range as Storm Shadow. The two would compliment each other.
ATACMS are 150km more than the Stormshadow
@@MuchCow9000 oops I got it wrong.
Doing more checking I find the export version Storm Shadow is 290 km Which is the version Ukraine got.
The ATACMS (except for the initial block 1) is 300 km so they are roughly equivalent. Thank you for pointing that out.
Love the music when introduces a segment or whatever it's actually called
Excellent video
When did Megaprojects stop covering mega projects?
Side Projects does seem like a better place for this.
Since the war started. Hes super pro-war, have you seen how he grins when he talks about ww3 and civilians dying? Its insane
I thought he keep the invasion on the warographic channel
The issue with stormshadow is that the destruction isnt upfront and is always covered up, but its strength is logistical pain which isnt sexy to casual war observers
If what I have read lately about the US providing GLSDB and cluster munitions is true then this spells a whole new level of logistical pain on the way. Storm shadow is intended for use as a penetrative munition, primarily. Bridges aren't really an ideal target but it seems to be doing OK nonetheless. I vaguely recall hearing somebody in the RAF tell me the US was desperate to get hold of Storm Shadow due to how good it is, but it was the one thing the UK would not give them access to.
@@dh1380 also the USA has a USA only made policy why the USA hasn't purchased Brimstone missiles which are highly effective and battle proven with anecdotal stories of US forces specifically requesting there use by RAF in Iraq and Afghanistan, cluster munitions are stupid effective for trench warfare and would strike fear in any mobnik soldier.
thanks as usual!!!
16:00 i think that fot antiship, hypersonic makes more sence. The ship is a moving target and the missile will need tonuse radar to locate the ship thereby giving a warning of its approach. So mach 5+ speed gives the ship less warrning.
For land attack, the terrain can be used to mask the missiles approach along with flying low. So a stealthy subsonic missile probably makes more sence.
I saw a video. A stormshadow was hunted by a pansir AA with optical guidance. The ruski's fired 2 rockets at the stormshadow which you could see on screen aimed at. And they (rockets) just turned 90° left!!! Couldnt hit it twice... and the shadow hit the bridge. WTF. Impressive stuff.
Where can I find this video?
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@@maximorlov8208 good luck, chances are it doesn’t exist.
ruclips.net/video/BX2IbhPdxy0/видео.html 😄👍
@@Matt-yg8ub
Read it again, the Storm Shadow didn't maneuver, the SAMS did.
Delta V also doesn't apply since SS isn't rocket propelled, reaction mass and burn time are irrelevant components.
After watching this, I was looking for a megaprojets on the tomahawk. Surprised to not see one.
Good job Ty
3:23 Simon's jab has inspired me to start playing the lottery in an attempt to get the money to buy such a missile and put it onto a model airplane. Or maybe a real airplane. Depends on how much, if I win. Thanks Simon!
While the missiles supplied to Ukraine are interesting and may change a lot of metrics in this war it should always be
remembered that they are just a few of the one thousand the Uk originally had in stock and were scheduled for disposal after a number of them, and only a small number at that were chosen for upgrades. The remaining missiles would have been dismantled and disposed of in a process that is constantly underway so sending them to Ukraine was not a real problem, they are out-of-date tech and so not so much of a concern to NATO which retains fully upgraded Storm Shadow missiles, if in much lower than ideal numbers as newer designs progress to the supply stage. We see a lot of this with the war in Ukraine, nations supplying what is essentially out-of-date equipment or such that it is about to be withdrawn as replacement types come on stream.
it was kinda a throwaway line about hypersonics in the Ukraine war being underperforming, but it made me think a video about the patriot and its history would be a fun video.
Patriot was designed to target enemy aircraft, It wasn't really intended to be anti-missile to begin with, Which is why it had a 25% intercept success rate back in the beginning in that role, Which is still impressive all things considered, Although of course it doesn't appear that way to those who don't know the context behind those figures, But since then it's been upgraded, Develop and improved. It's now a very reliable and dependable system. With a intercept success rate in the region of 80 - 95% depending on the source..
Cruising on the subject for this channel
I like the way they come out go down a little bit then go up a little bit, and then basically just fly away
Man, Megaprojects has been on the roll with all the military aid Ukraine has been getting. :) It's almost like watching the news, but with all the boring parts skipped.
This guy… best story teller on RUclips.
I like the idea of sub-munitions I saw in the video to overwhelm ship defense systems.
Good story. Good job!
Russia just picked one up today. Ukraine giving things away like it means nothing.
😂
Russia uses 60-80% of there stuff avoiding their target like a strom trooper
Sounds very similar in capability to a tomahawk as far as flight profile and targeting goes, but the bunker busting and ability to be launched from a fighter are something a tomahawk cant do as far as i know.
It also has low-observability unlike Tomahawk. A better comparison would be the AGM-158 JASSM, which is basically the American equivilent.
Thanks to Simon, I drink AG1 every morning and since I started a month ago, it’s made a difference in several aspects of my body.
It goes back much further than 1997, in fact feasibility studies were being conducted by BAE in the 1970s. The basic design of the guidance system had been finalised by 1982. The real impetus came from the first Gulf War and the poor performance of JP233. It was realised, as had been predicted by effectiveness modelling, that an aircraft delivering runway denial munitions stood a good chance of being shot down and not doing much damage in the process. Early studies involved putting wings and an engine on the JP233 airframe, but that was a huge lump of metal to start with.
Giving weapons and providing a real life test bed seems like a win win situation for other nations
This is why they're doing it, however they're still only providing older kit, just in case the Russians get their hands on it
Russian General: Finally out of HiMARS range... I am safe.
Storm Shadow: Greetings there Old Chap. May I introduce myself?
Da, bring it on😂
I love the name, it flat out sounds badass
Simon: but first, we're going to take a detour into the history of the storm shadow.
Me: listens to the first 10 seconds of a plumbing advert before realising.
I have a friend who was on the esrly testing for this. Apparently (unconfirmed), they did one test to see if they could both fit through the same hole in a target one after the other. The top brass didn't believe it had worked by my friend proved it had. Amazing piece of kit, amazing video!
SHOW of PROOF or it NEVER HAPPEND you WINDBEUTEL!
Russia will send TWO equivalents into your house, will be amazing!
source: trust me bro
@@thomaswilliams6690 f you got shit to prove then you do it. Robinhood destroyed his arrows to prove a point.
Does he know the UK government created the Nazi units Right Sector 1&2 using UK Nazis? Does he know Boris Johnson got ZZelinsky to teear up a signed peace deal obviously not.
Most of these have been shot down or destroyed in storage. Those that have hit have done insignificant damage. Gotta love propaganda from Shitstain 🇬🇧
Isnt Storm Shadow a character from GI Joe?
You should do a video of the abnormal "flying tank", the Mi-24 Hind
Thank you! Дякую!
Last time Leopard 2 was gamechanger.
2:47 A blistering Mach 0.8 or "just really bloody quick". Brilliant! 🤣 🤣
I know, right? 😄
Middle Eastern adventure is a polite way of saying it was an absolute cluster füçk.
I have heard that FC/ASW was supposed to be multiple missiles including a Hypersonic cruise Missile but they cancelled the HCM
What about the missile Gungir from Bofors? (Gungir being Odins spear that never missed)
Thank you for explaining the name.
what a great name! It could be Gimli's big brother, too, by the way.
That incredibly dry British humor so outclasses anything we have stateside. What a great channel!
Gotta love that good ol death and destruction am i right peat?
Next (?) swarm missiles with laser seekers and a laser designator guide. What would be used to harden the guide is a good question.
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Hey there 👋 from the uk
Our UK SS Missiles can move like a Texas Lizard on glass. (CW McCall)
Hahaha, this is funny seeing how Russia just picked up a like new one.
When I see Simon's name and face, I say, "Oh, Simon: tell me!"
it also can be launched from ships which is what the French Navy does as well launching from its Rafale
Hey Simon!
Love all the hard work you're putting into your channels.
Any chance of a "boots on the ground" in Ukraine from different countries video?
Much love!
16ft long with 1000lb warhead flying at you at 600mph+ is beyond horrifying.
not for very long
@@fogcat5 Yes it is almost as horrifying as the US's unconfirmed officially missile that doesn't use an explosive warhead just blades that pop out with a kill range of about 6 ft. That has been used to kill high value targets near civis.
@@BouncingZeusYou mean the AGM-114 R9X? The missile was confirmed to exist back in 2019
@@fogcat5 you mean they are going to run out? or that just you have enough mobiks that gather in groups for all of them?
Now do one on the KEPD350 Taurus
Thanks
Still the best land-attack missile, even after so many years.
Peer to peer competitor to SS-N-27 «Sizzler», except it is 2 times more expensive then the russian variant.
@@heyhoe168
Except Russian ordnance has, repeatedly, been shown to perform incredibly poorly in actual combat compared to their NATO equivalents.
Harkens back to the old Vympel R-77 vs. AIM-120 thing.
@@jolantru3085 are you sure? SS-N-27 was invincible first few month of the war too. We should compare results when russian AA crews will get some experience in detecting those SS missiles.
@@heyhoe168Y'know your comment history makes you look a bit defensive about Russian military capabilities.. It's not exactly a secret that Russian hardware has as a whole performed spectacularly poorly in this war, so far at least
@@coconutsmarties I just state simple facts and ask legit questions. If you want to unconditionally believe into "not exactly secrets", it is not my business.
The thing about himars and stormshadow that is so damaging for the Russian military aside from the direct damage they can do is how much they fuck with Russia's already abismal logistics. This is a military that still needs to use trains to transport cargo in large quantities, stores equipment in giant piles of individual boxes, and load/unload almost everything by hand. Every time they have to move their major stockpiles further away from front lines and make their front line stockpiles smaller and more dispersed, the speed and effectiveness that they can supply their troops drops drastically. Front line positions have fewer resources and ammunition to hold off Ukrainian attacks and it takes longer for their spent resources to be restocked.
🤣🤣🤣...the stuff people invent in their heads to cope...😂😂😂
@@MrLeadb1 This is literally common knowledge. The military you're simping for doesn't know what a forklift is.
@@MrLeadb1 come back to me about Russian supply issues being cope when the vehicles in their victory day parade consist of more than just a handful of ballistic missile launchers and a single T-34.
Great one, as always!
May I request you do a documentary about Koenigsegg? They ought to be Mega enough now, right? Thank you in advance, and keep up the great work!
Thank you! 🤘🤘❤️
Obviously the next missile needs to be named Snake Eyes.
😂😂😂
I love that but thats already a weapon system 😂 It's a varient of the MK82 bomb
The Ukraine gets enough not to lose, but not enough to win.
That seems to be their fate until Putin dies, and maybe beyond.
It's 20 + year old tech.. basically imagine supplying your allies with military communications equipment akin to a Motorola flip phone. .. like 2G
Ah, yes, the good old "It's stealth if nobody's left to witness it"
2:02 Panavia Tornado still in service? NICE!
Can't go wrong naming stuff after GI joe characters.
If I’m paying 800k for a missile I hope a fair chunk is going to the PR team. Top marks to whoever thought “storm shadow” was a good name for a missile.
Agreed on the name, better than the frog's calling Scalp
Same with the Brits new air-to-air missile, The Meteor, whoever is coming up with these names needs all the bonuses they can get.
Edit: Almost forgot about their other weapon systems like StarStreak, Martlet, Brimstone and Sky Sabre
@@gregbarnes4083 We don't talk about Seaceptor though!!!
@@gregbarnes4083 Brimstone came about because it was a direct derivative of the Hellfire. So yeah, its literally just "Hellfire and Brimstone"
Storm shadow / Taurus seam the same to me.
Any major differences?
I can imagine megaprojects is where Russian intelligence gets their intel from
More good news for Ukraine! Thanks for sharing this with us Simon.
They will be destroyed as soon as they cross the border.
This is antique rubbish.
hahaha
Thanx the GB for this weapon ! ))
1:20 - Chapter 1 - Killing from a distance
5:20 - Chapter 2 - Birth of a weapon
9:00 - Chapter 3 - Missiles over ukraine
14:25 - Chapter 4 - Weapon of the future
- Chapter 7 - Profit
Given my neighbours, money well spent. Anyone happen to have a Tornado I could borrow for the weekend?
I just realised Megaprojects now have over a Million subs. Congrats I guess-
It's nice to see that Britain has an MP with a bit of Sir Winston Churchill in him ! Jolly good old boy !✌️ for victory !🫡 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Ben Wallace appears to be the only saving grace of our Conservative government. If we were a republic then I'd certainly want him as president.
Churchill’s grandson was until recently a long-serving Conservative MP but Boris and chums kicked him out of the party for being insufficiently enthusiastic about their bonkers Brexit project.
Imagine being the guy who proposed the storm shadow you just walk into a government office and say ok hear me out guys stealth cruise missile and instantly get 9 billion dollars and top level clearance
Imagine being someone who believes that's how it went down...
@@staggabob it was a joke not me truly believing that most likely the program was the result of the government putting out a specification and companies bidding on it but I think its way funnier to imagine that what happened was some random dude with a funny briefcase walked into the British ministry of defense and tried to sell it like a door to door salesman
These are old block one systems being used that are reaching there shelf life, wait till the newer variants and compatable jets are used.
One wonders if Storm Shadow or its follow-on can be used in a european analog to Rapid Dragon.
Sounds like the royal air force have an excellent missile for high profile stationary targets at long range, a potential threat to any nation if they are hostile ✌️♥️🇬🇧
The faux coupe in Russia is just a way to move troops from Dunbass to Belarus for the second assault on Kiev .
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Why would Putin make himself look weak with a "faux coup" when they could have just moved them?
We always use that acrynom....f****g cool as Simon Whistler
We prefer “middle eastern side quest” thank you very much
Update: Russia managed to bring it down and captured it.
😂😂 probably also announced the capture of the pilot
the German Taurus KEPD 350K will be interesting with their extended range
Bravo Europe. Great work.
I don’t know who wrote this but they’re inaccurate in the Frogfoot’s payload. It’s a dedicated attack aircraft capable of carrying 4400kg of weapons.
I think that the max payload for each of the su25 hard points is 500kg, so not capable of taking a 1500kg Storm shaddow.
In the video he stated specifically the pylons can only hold 500kgs, the aircraft itself can hold a lot more but the hardpoints themselves can't carry the load individually
it was a tricky part of the video. I had to listen twice.
Simon says :- )
"the Frogfoot can carry 500 kg payloadS"
in plural. NOT a payload of 500 kg.
based on that plural, and based on the fact that a 500 kg total payload would be a bad joke, I think he meant the max capacity of the strongest PYLONS of those 2 planes