Storm Shadow Missiles: Inside Ukraine’s Nearly $1 Million Weapon | WSJ Equipped

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • Storm Shadow missiles equip Ukraine’s military counteroffensive with the ability to hit Russian targets more than 150 miles away with pinpoint accuracy. The weapon has three times the range of that on the HIMARS rockets in Ukraine, forcing Moscow to rethink its logistics.
    WSJ takes a look at how these long-range, deep-strike missiles work and why the Storm Shadow is equipped to take out key Russian command and control centers.
    0:00 A weapon to help with counteroffensive
    0:30 How Storm Shadow missiles work
    4:31 Weaknesses
    6:07 What’s next?
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  • @err0r346
    @err0r346 11 месяцев назад +488

    thank you from all Ukrainians, United Kingdom for storm shadow missiles!! We very appreciate this.

    • @ahmedalsharman
      @ahmedalsharman 11 месяцев назад +37

      Ukraine will always be part of Russia . stay strong Russia

    • @spy_balloon
      @spy_balloon 11 месяцев назад +10

      05:26 😂🤤

    • @err0r346
      @err0r346 11 месяцев назад +64

      @@ahmedalsharman Belgorod will always be Ukrainian))

    • @err0r346
      @err0r346 11 месяцев назад +42

      @@ahmedalsharman only in ur dreams puppy

    • @danielgriff2659
      @danielgriff2659 11 месяцев назад +5

      and what will you DO with them? Nothing. You have LOST ALL YOUR BATTLES.

  • @The-Bengal-Boys
    @The-Bengal-Boys 11 месяцев назад +65

    From London with Love. We may be small but we still pack a punch 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @andrewnorris5415
      @andrewnorris5415 11 месяцев назад +1

      Missiles provoke war. Seek peace.

    • @corycg9624
      @corycg9624 11 месяцев назад +8

      🇺🇸 🇬🇧

    • @The_Stef
      @The_Stef 11 месяцев назад +2

      👍

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 10 месяцев назад

      What they truly fail to mention is that it's entirely from the engine to the paint made in France, the british ad germans are only paying for them and are not included in the research so they are not working on anything related to the SCALP/STShadow missile

  • @darkmatter6714
    @darkmatter6714 10 месяцев назад +561

    What this fails to mention is that they might have cost $1m per unit at the time of production, but 20 years on, they’re written down to a value of about $50k each. The British are working on a more advanced replacement - it’s a case of use the older ones or lose ‘em, because it probably costs about $50k each to decommission each one.

    • @XD-cr3du
      @XD-cr3du 10 месяцев назад +40

      With the very limited amount of storm shadows the U.K. has, and the fact that it's still an incredibly capable weapon even against modern armies as shown in Ukraine. I would be surprised if they would be decommisioned after a replacement came along. It's much more likely they would just be stored in some bunker somewhere to keep in reserve.

    • @d3faulted2
      @d3faulted2 10 месяцев назад +84

      @@XD-cr3du part of the issue is that munitions tend to have a shelf life. Something like this cruise missile that uses a small turbo-jet engine would also have maintenance costs associated with it. Hoses, tubes, seals, basically any rubber or plastic part would have a service life and these cruise missiles would need refurbishment over time. So in some ways it makes sense to expend these while procuring new. It also free's up all that maintenance, refurbishment, and storage money to put towards R&D and procurment.

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 10 месяцев назад +16

      The US values munitions at production cost not replacement value though. I'm pretty sure the military doesn't depreciate their assets like FASB.

    • @drjadefletcher
      @drjadefletcher 10 месяцев назад

      Who cares, just as long as Russians are on the receiving end of it.

    • @djkinetic2020
      @djkinetic2020 10 месяцев назад +15

      what they also failed to mention is that Russia has been using cruise missiles 50 times more than Ukraine does.

  • @rugerdern1554
    @rugerdern1554 11 месяцев назад +174

    Russian soldier at 5:27 is repping the Hub 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jcup9313
      @jcup9313 11 месяцев назад +53

      I came to scower the comments to make sure I wasnt the only one lol.

    • @AbhineetAsthana13
      @AbhineetAsthana13 10 месяцев назад +3

      Same 😂

    • @conorcunningham1615
      @conorcunningham1615 10 месяцев назад +5

      The Bros are international.

    • @hyy3657
      @hyy3657 10 месяцев назад

      that is very distinctive....

    • @jag-biitii1075
      @jag-biitii1075 10 месяцев назад

      why they have this logo on the uniform?

  • @bushidoleyroy5725
    @bushidoleyroy5725 10 месяцев назад +25

    From Uk and France to Ukraine with love❤

    • @thomasstyan2066
      @thomasstyan2066 10 месяцев назад +4

      As a Brit, I feel a genuine love for the brave Ukrainian people, and pleasure that while we don't provide enough, we've at least provided this.

    • @luckyguy600
      @luckyguy600 2 месяца назад

      And with love comes divorce sometimes.

  • @Mmjk_12
    @Mmjk_12 11 месяцев назад +51

    There's nothing like when we and French team up to make something 🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷

    • @thomasstyan2066
      @thomasstyan2066 10 месяцев назад +17

      As a Brit, I'm delighted that this is a joint UK/France system. We have our friendly rivalries, but we share so much in common.

    • @NPJGlobal
      @NPJGlobal 10 месяцев назад +18

      @@thomasstyan2066 As a Frenchman, I couldn't agree more! Just like the Concorde, this missile is a marvel of french-british engineering!

    • @thomasstyan2066
      @thomasstyan2066 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@NPJGlobal 🇬🇧💌🇫🇷

    • @ROTHSTEIN01
      @ROTHSTEIN01 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@NPJGlobalboth Concorde and storm shadow are useless.

    • @simonjohanson3418
      @simonjohanson3418 9 месяцев назад

      @@NPJGlobal British - French ;-)

  • @delcox8165
    @delcox8165 11 месяцев назад +23

    2:31 The fact that whoever botched the graphic presentation had the missile "flying" everywhere 20-degrees nose-down is driving me crazy.

  • @Nsmitty1
    @Nsmitty1 11 месяцев назад +46

    Hilarious that the guy quoted Armageddon when talking about closing your hand around the firecracker.

    • @scouts8081
      @scouts8081 Месяц назад

      Omg I know. I almost stopped watching this video because of that stupid head remark. First it didn’t explain about the delay charge, secondly why would you close your hand `

    • @scouts8081
      @scouts8081 Месяц назад

      ????

  • @nihil-baxter
    @nihil-baxter 10 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you UK for supplying Ukraine with Stormshadows! I wish my country would throw in the Taurus as well...

  • @philipmacfarland7860
    @philipmacfarland7860 11 месяцев назад +189

    The missile knows where it is, because it knows where it is not

    • @colinobrien3806
      @colinobrien3806 11 месяцев назад +1

      there it was gone

    • @keithbaranga5729
      @keithbaranga5729 11 месяцев назад +1

      goated

    • @JoeZorzin
      @JoeZorzin 11 месяцев назад +2

      wow, that sounds so Zen!

    • @tominmtnvw
      @tominmtnvw 11 месяцев назад +2

      Meaningless post

    • @evildoer8994
      @evildoer8994 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@tominmtnvwexplain how it’s meaningless

  • @shzarmai
    @shzarmai 10 месяцев назад +23

    The UK and France should ramp up the mass production of Storm Shadow missles imo.

    • @pyrophobia133
      @pyrophobia133 10 месяцев назад

      how many factories do they even have to begin with?

    • @bobsmith3983
      @bobsmith3983 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@pyrophobia133 None as they are out of production. They would have to restart the assembly line like with the Stinger missile.

    • @davidlefranc6240
      @davidlefranc6240 10 месяцев назад +1

      MBDA already figured out an hypersonic missiles and other much more modern stuff they are waiting for contracts i guess cuz its always about money with company .

    • @williamgarnett3705
      @williamgarnett3705 10 месяцев назад +2

      It's nearly impossibly to ramp up production at short notice, all the missiles are basically handmade, especially the electronics so it takes a long time to make each one, and if they're already at max output you can't scale it up anymore without building more factories

    • @pyrophobia133
      @pyrophobia133 10 месяцев назад

      @@williamgarnett3705 so basically they have 5 and they already blew their supply...

  • @mishaelfernandez1
    @mishaelfernandez1 11 месяцев назад +200

    $1m for high value targets deep within enemy lines doesn’t sound too bad

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 11 месяцев назад +25

      Civilians are high value?

    • @Diggnuts
      @Diggnuts 11 месяцев назад +91

      @@SubvertTheState Ukraine is not targeting civilians.

    • @Joelmonterrey
      @Joelmonterrey 11 месяцев назад +20

      I'd donate to that if Russians decide not to leave Ukraine. It appears they're not budging so Stormshadow it is.

    • @kealeradecal6091
      @kealeradecal6091 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@SubvertTheStateask Russia for hitting schools, hospital and residential areas

    • @jasonhart9880
      @jasonhart9880 11 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@SubvertTheStatesame brain droppings, different thread.

  • @TerryCheever
    @TerryCheever 11 месяцев назад +26

    Bless the UK for their support of Ukraine, good show.

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад +3

      Who did you vote for in your Country?

    • @TerryCheever
      @TerryCheever 11 месяцев назад

      Not the dweebs in power now.

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад

      @@TerryCheever who then? and in the past then? who did you vote for TerryCheever?

    • @TerryCheever
      @TerryCheever 11 месяцев назад +2

      Thoughtless person hiding behind an avatar name of something you are yourself incapable of, yep.@@weneedcriticalthinking

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@TerryCheever would you like to cam up and debate on RUclips live or some other site? I am multi generation born in and still in California, i vote, pay taxes and get called for jury duty, What Country were you born in and what Countries have you had citizenship with? Who did you vote for @TerryCheever who just RUclips "Joined Dec 4, 2022?"

  • @hymns4ever197
    @hymns4ever197 11 месяцев назад +160

    This was the best explanation of Storm Shadow missiles that I have seen. Well done!

    • @djkinetic2020
      @djkinetic2020 10 месяцев назад +2

      Why do they need to explain a cruise missile to you? Russia has 50 times more missiles than Ukraine, and 10 times longer range. cruise missiles are not "game changer" nor HIMARS.. nothing in this war is game changer only nukes.

    • @spazmonkey3815
      @spazmonkey3815 10 месяцев назад

      They forgot to mention that they are all being shot down.

    • @jonathanhansen2280
      @jonathanhansen2280 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@djkinetic2020 relax bot. People can enjoy a video purely for education and not care about the politics behind it. Also, nice job being the only like on your own post

    • @grine6966
      @grine6966 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@djkinetic2020 Well you forgot to talk about the precision.

    • @ianjardine7324
      @ianjardine7324 10 месяцев назад

      @@djkinetic2020 there are cruise missiles and "cruise missiles" stormshaddow" can target a specific part of a building while whatever V2 knock off Russia is using can not seem to hit the right town. Unless you are owning up to deliberately inflicting massive civilian casualties? When your version can kill a specific enemy general or smash dead center of a critical strategic bridge maybe you'll be able to start selling stuff to psychotic third world dictators again presuming your own psychotic dictator doesn't need them all.

  • @hadimaghami6740
    @hadimaghami6740 11 месяцев назад +23

    5:26 😐😏😂 that was super random

  • @sergiychupryna2952
    @sergiychupryna2952 8 месяцев назад +3

    I am Ukrainian, and I want to Thank You Very Much for your Help! Your weapon saved and saves many Ukrainian lives every day!!!

    • @discojelly
      @discojelly 8 месяцев назад

      We got you're six (back) Brother!

    • @R0BL0W
      @R0BL0W 5 месяцев назад

      We're all rooting for you in the UK. We have an election coming soon and many of us will base our decision on what support our new govt can give you

  • @Av-vd3wk
    @Av-vd3wk 11 месяцев назад +16

    Thanks for the longer format and extra detail.

    • @danielgriff2659
      @danielgriff2659 11 месяцев назад +1

      yes, its fine propaganda

    • @Av-vd3wk
      @Av-vd3wk 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@danielgriff2659 okay Putin!

    • @danielgriff2659
      @danielgriff2659 11 месяцев назад

      @@Av-vd3wk you should try listening to the man...

  • @muhammadazeem1346
    @muhammadazeem1346 11 месяцев назад +18

    5:26 is that logo supposed to be there?

    • @ldIezz
      @ldIezz 11 месяцев назад +3

      give that man a beer

    • @icemanzw
      @icemanzw 11 месяцев назад +1

      The technology was captured by Russia last month so the missle is pretty much useless now

  • @janethompson5153
    @janethompson5153 11 месяцев назад +23

    Happy to help 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 11 месяцев назад

      No we not

    • @janethompson5153
      @janethompson5153 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@danielbb8570 Good English

    • @thomasstyan2066
      @thomasstyan2066 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@janethompson5153 And, as all major UK political parties support this aid to Ukraine, you've every right to say what you said.

  • @mihadalzayat6957
    @mihadalzayat6957 11 месяцев назад +9

    As a guy from Zimbabwe I’m thankful for the Russians being weak and undetermined. Go Ukraine!

  • @Tehui1974
    @Tehui1974 11 месяцев назад +115

    Good decision UK. The use of the these weapons has resulted in the Russian supply lines being in serious trouble.

    • @cleomenes01
      @cleomenes01 11 месяцев назад

      I'm sure the West will supply Ukraine with the 20-30k of these missiles needed to turn the tide in this war. Should only cost about 200 billion dollars.

    • @tixien
      @tixien 11 месяцев назад

      It’s a French and British decision, as StormShadows/Scalp can’t be exported without approval of both countries. And France sent some as well. What a surprise the U.K. only is boasting about it.

    • @allansmith3837
      @allansmith3837 11 месяцев назад

      The only thing in trouble is the British economy and I speak as one off its citizens but never mind let's just keep shovelling money at Ukraine like the clowns in the Whitehouse tell us.

    • @humanafterall2076
      @humanafterall2076 11 месяцев назад +5

      Where do you get your bs from?

    • @Tehui1974
      @Tehui1974 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@humanafterall2076 Where do you get your contrary information from?

  • @ggg-cf9zl
    @ggg-cf9zl 11 месяцев назад +68

    Storm Shadow missiles are rockets that saving Ukrainian lives! So as the Ukrainian I really appreciate that and wanna say thanks to the UK and France for supplying this type of weapons!

    • @pop1626
      @pop1626 11 месяцев назад +12

      prolonging the enevitable

    • @TheThundertaker
      @TheThundertaker 10 месяцев назад +20

      @@pop1626 yeah, sure. Becaus Russia has been doing so well against western trained soldiers and weapons. Russia and Putin are going to break before Ukraine does. Cope Ivan.

    • @djkinetic2020
      @djkinetic2020 10 месяцев назад +11

      Russian cruise missiles are rockets that saving Russian lives.

    • @modeticklestv4601
      @modeticklestv4601 10 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@TheThundertakerReally? lol you are so far from reality

  • @prfwrx2497
    @prfwrx2497 11 месяцев назад +33

    Price of Storm Shadow / SCALP EG: 1 million dollars.
    Reducing Russian operational depots, command centers, and strategic war infrastructure to dust: priceless.

    • @Maddog-xc2zv
      @Maddog-xc2zv 11 месяцев назад +3

      PR stunt: biggest international selling point in the near future

  • @user-ge1nn7ku4x
    @user-ge1nn7ku4x 10 месяцев назад +5

    Russian soldier at 5:27 is repping the Hub . Russian soldier at 5:27 is repping the Hub .

  • @totalplonker824
    @totalplonker824 11 месяцев назад +91

    It's about time for the US and Germany to start sending their equivalence

    • @bobbyschannel349
      @bobbyschannel349 11 месяцев назад +7

      be careful. because if Russia responds it escalate.

    • @totalplonker824
      @totalplonker824 11 месяцев назад +33

      @@bobbyschannel349 if Russia stops fighting the war will cease to exist. If Ukraine stops fighting Ukraine will cease to exist.
      Big difference

    • @WorldCitizen0000
      @WorldCitizen0000 11 месяцев назад +9

      Yes. I hope the Ukraine is being careful about which weapons its using to destroy targets as there's problems in supplying them. But the Crimean bridge should definitively be completely destroyed as its a major supply route, this includes the railway line also.

    • @WorldCitizen0000
      @WorldCitizen0000 11 месяцев назад +15

      @@bobbyschannel349 If the Allies during ww2 were concerned about Hitler escalating the war would have lasted a lot longer.

    • @stas-peterschmitz3200
      @stas-peterschmitz3200 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@totalplonker824 ..dont act like you guys care about Ukraine...most of you never even heard of it, before the war.

  • @JayMannStuff
    @JayMannStuff 11 месяцев назад +3

    That patch on the guy's combat vest at 5:27 lol

  • @JesterTBP
    @JesterTBP 26 дней назад

    THANK YOU! I've been seeing Storm Shadow Missiles all over and you precisely and concisely explained what they do. 5 Stars.

  • @richardbayer5702
    @richardbayer5702 9 месяцев назад +32

    My personal FAVORITE quote: "If the Russians move out of range [of the Storm Shadow missiles], we must work together internationally to make sure that the equipment is given [to Ukraine] to make sure they are back in range."

    • @jcmc9378
      @jcmc9378 8 месяцев назад

      Tells us all we need to know about the Ukraine War

  • @charlesrichardson8635
    @charlesrichardson8635 11 месяцев назад +4

    Don't forget the AGM-160 Mald that is used in conjunction to divert AD attention.

  • @godzillaeatsushi4979
    @godzillaeatsushi4979 11 месяцев назад +39

    US need to send them more long range

    • @dsdgdsfegfeg
      @dsdgdsfegfeg 11 месяцев назад

      Anyone can send them longer range missiles. Range is not an issue for western countries. They have multiple types of missiles of different ranges. These are on the lower end. Which is all that is needed. Unless your planning on hitting Moscow.

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад

      Nope, There shoukld be peace instead As a tax paying multi generation Californian who's Countries infrastructure is falling apart, I wan to defund the proxy war and have peace. What Country were you born in and What Countries have you had citizenship with godzillaeatsushi4979?

    • @Maddog-xc2zv
      @Maddog-xc2zv 11 месяцев назад

      US does not have so many Atacms as thought (already used 700 of them in middle east wars) and will only supply them to ukraine when they're back in production next year by Lockheed Martin with the new block called the PSM.

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад

      Don't tell my Country how to waste money. we need to fix our infrastructure, not fund another immoral war we won't win. I don;'t tell your Country how to spend it's currency.

    • @danielbb8570
      @danielbb8570 11 месяцев назад

      Us and uk need keep out this war , not our allies none our business,

  • @michael102
    @michael102 11 месяцев назад +1

    @3:43 So the Storm Shadow is like my one handed friend in middle school that plays with fire cracker.

  • @nda123full
    @nda123full 11 месяцев назад +65

    We need to provide longer range weaponds.🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 11 месяцев назад +2

      Russia’s objective is to create a buffer zone equal to the longest ranged missile. So the longer the range of the missile, the more land Ukraine will lose.

    • @dsdgdsfegfeg
      @dsdgdsfegfeg 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@ericp1139that's not true at all. That would require taking all of Europe. You have endless ranges of missiles. 150 -300 -500- 750 -1500-3000, storm shadows are on the lower end.

    • @RainerMichelle
      @RainerMichelle 11 месяцев назад

      @@ericp1139 nobody cares what Russia's "objectives" are, the Ukrainians want their country back, and we need to help them to get it done asap, and while in the Biden administration they are still scared of Putin, in the UK and in France we don't care what Putin thinks, France has delivered Scalp missiles, and probably the 500km range, Macron did not say which ones...you will find out soon

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 11 месяцев назад

      @@dsdgdsfegfeg then I guess it’s to the border of Poland.

    • @georgecoons6872
      @georgecoons6872 11 месяцев назад +1

      Biden won't do it. Biden dont want to fight a war we can't win.

  • @UnCannyValley67
    @UnCannyValley67 11 месяцев назад +4

    It slices and dices, penetrates, then sautées and fries Orcs for dinner.
    Nice!❤

  • @dep7311
    @dep7311 11 месяцев назад +48

    Germany should send theirs immediately. The moment they sent it, that bridge will be divided into many parts😂

    • @Angel_M777
      @Angel_M777 11 месяцев назад +4

      American atacms answer to that. Don’t need aircraft, just load them up to familiar Himers battery and off you go. No training no time wasting. Hells know why it’s taking so long to send them

    • @lissettelopez8331
      @lissettelopez8331 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@Angel_M777 Former MLRS crew member here and I agree 100%. In my 3 years of service I never even knew we made such short range ammo that wasn’t other than training rounds. All of ours were 300 mile range and much much much faster judging from the footage from Ukraine I’ve seen.

    • @B.D.E.
      @B.D.E. 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@lissettelopez8331 but the US still hasn't offered atacms. Despite the fact that it's shorter range and lower payload than Storm Shadow.

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 11 месяцев назад +2

      It hasn't because this is not about good or evil, it's about power and money. Why else would a "Democracy" censor journalism which is pro peace?

    • @Irobert1115HD
      @Irobert1115HD 11 месяцев назад

      @@Angel_M777 wait you can launch hat missile from a motor home?
      theres a german motor home company named hymer.

  • @JiTiAr35
    @JiTiAr35 11 месяцев назад +113

    Precision. That's the keyword of modern warfare.
    Something Russia really lack of, even since Soviet era.

    • @kentershackle1329
      @kentershackle1329 11 месяцев назад +11

      What's soo modern when ya hv to sent squads into near suicidal frontal attack to take some dirt trench?. and praying ya vehicle don't run over landmines...

    • @trevorsutherland5263
      @trevorsutherland5263 11 месяцев назад +20

      LOL. That Kinzhal that put Budanov into a coma pretty much landed right next to him!! 🤣

    • @JiTiAr35
      @JiTiAr35 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@trevorsutherland5263 yes, but how many Kinzhals have been shot down?
      The defense system is precise enough to defend Kinzhal.
      So again, precision.

    • @rajkumar-qf3fk
      @rajkumar-qf3fk 11 месяцев назад +2

      land mines that the keyword for dismantling modern warfare.

    • @icemanzw
      @icemanzw 11 месяцев назад +1

      Why do you need precision if you can overwhelm the area you want to bring down more missle is Better

  • @liamsnell5549
    @liamsnell5549 11 месяцев назад +23

    5:27 - you can thank me later

    • @kparry5336
      @kparry5336 11 месяцев назад +2

      Im disappointed that the comments section didn’t make this a bigger deal. Appreciate the editor of this video leaving that in…

    • @nacidoviernes13
      @nacidoviernes13 11 месяцев назад +2

      now i remember what i was about to do

    • @The_Stef
      @The_Stef 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@nacidoviernes13 Have fun 😄

  • @tkmmkt6569
    @tkmmkt6569 11 месяцев назад +280

    As an American I appreciate our French and British allies contributing these weapons to the common good.

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 11 месяцев назад +37

      No such thing as "good" in war

    • @AnthonySpringall
      @AnthonySpringall 11 месяцев назад +9

      The British have supplied the Storm Shadow. The French have twice announced (weeks and weeks apart) they are sending SCALPs (same as the Storm Shadow just a different name) but when will they be delivered to Ukraine??

    • @AnthonySpringall
      @AnthonySpringall 11 месяцев назад +7

      BTW. the distance on the British supplied Storm Shadows have been restricted so they cant hit Moscow from Ukraine. They have much longer range than you think. The Germans may have been weary about sending their version of the cruise missiles because of their range.

    • @Joelmonterrey
      @Joelmonterrey 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@SubvertTheState It is when you have to fight it to get invaders to leave.

    • @wawaweewa9159
      @wawaweewa9159 11 месяцев назад

      Nato vets need to volunteer on mass scale

  • @IMBlakeley
    @IMBlakeley 10 месяцев назад +95

    Ukraine has the export version I believe, it's range is artificially limited, prob by firmware. The air launched version the UK has used previously offically has a 550km range although there is anecdotal evidence the RAF have hit targets closer to 1000km. The French navy version is being upgraded to 1200km for a ship launched version, albeit that looks to be new HW.

    • @lordraydens
      @lordraydens 10 месяцев назад +9

      shouldn't take ukraine long to hack that firmware

    • @tacticalsapper
      @tacticalsapper 10 месяцев назад +2

      Some sources? "I believe" is not sufficiently convincing.

    • @occamraiser
      @occamraiser 10 месяцев назад

      @@lordraydens If they do they will never receive another bullet from the West and they understand that.

    • @Neilukuk
      @Neilukuk 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@lordraydens Doubt they would risk losing military support and that would definitely make countries think twice about what they send. It would probably have a security system that alerts UK of tamper and block missile usage.

    • @TwoFistsOneHalleluja
      @TwoFistsOneHalleluja 9 месяцев назад +1

      Max range for the air-launched ones is 500km.
      The french navy has vertical silo variants called "Mdcn" (Missile de croisiere naval - naval cruise missile). There is a version that can be shot from frigates, and another from submarines. These have 1400km and 1000km range respectively. But they are very different missiles that cost around twice as much as the air-launched variant.

  • @MyLifeOfficial
    @MyLifeOfficial 10 месяцев назад +18

    Great video! Excellent reporting and detail. Thank you 👏🏼👏🏼
    Keep it up 👌🏼

    • @misc_channel
      @misc_channel 9 месяцев назад

      Not bad but it didn't mention they are very good at starting World War 3

  • @ootachi
    @ootachi 10 месяцев назад +50

    "if the russians move out of range we must work together internationally to make sure that the equipment is given to make sure they are back in range" hahahaha i like this guy already

    • @s.d.h.3t981
      @s.d.h.3t981 10 месяцев назад +1

      Bunch of war criminals

    • @Darkerthanblack247
      @Darkerthanblack247 10 месяцев назад

      Our war criminals are better than your war criminals ivan

    • @LFPAnimations
      @LFPAnimations 9 месяцев назад

      @@s.d.h.3t981 If the Russians don't like being hit by missiles they can just leave Ukraine. They don't have to be there.

  • @pete49327
    @pete49327 11 месяцев назад +15

    Eventually the GLSDB glide bomb will arrive in Ukraine, supposedly within weeks. It is a HIMARS munition which doubles the range of current HImars missiles Ukraine currently uses. It's a smaller warhead but compensated by being even more surgically precise (one meter circle). The glide bomb piggy backs on older Himars missiles which are plentiful and relatively cheap. At apex of rocket's trajectory the glide bomb releases and glides in free fall to target. The bomb has winglets and is able to alter course as needed, to the extent it can turn back 180 degrees and hit the backslope of a target which might normally offer terrain/obstacle protection from most artillery fired from enemy's location. Finally, the bomb can hit targets painted by airborne or ground based lasers, even hitting moving targets. The delivery has been delayed by a couple months, reportedly because the older Himars rockets have to be painstakingly inspected for safety and reliability before shipment...not just for safety of Himars crews in theater, but also for U.S. aircraft and airmen who will ship the cargo.

    • @fonsecahebo
      @fonsecahebo 10 месяцев назад

      Spook

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 10 месяцев назад +2

      Anything GPS related is getting screwed right now. That's one thing that Russia is good at: jamming stuff.

    • @olegmakogon7447
      @olegmakogon7447 10 месяцев назад +1

      GLSDB had been in use since end of winter/early spring as I know.

    • @yomama629
      @yomama629 8 месяцев назад

      @@HKim0072 they're not good at not jamming their own stuff while jamming enemy stuff though

  • @spitcatTV
    @spitcatTV 11 месяцев назад +52

    that $1m price tag is well worth it when you consider that other weapons of this type would likely need multiple attempts get through missile defences.

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 11 месяцев назад

      A million dollars to destroy infrastructure and kill people? What's so good about "Democracy" when you end up with people investing in and supporting war.

    • @SeanD808
      @SeanD808 11 месяцев назад +2

      In Iraq an IED cost them 35 bucks to make...

    • @kiwibonsai2355
      @kiwibonsai2355 11 месяцев назад +7

      1 million per missle while citizens live on the street and CEOs buy islands.

    • @theprotagonist8755
      @theprotagonist8755 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@kiwibonsai2355yep. You haven't learned that life and the world isn't fair? You must be a child.

    • @crescentprincekronos2518
      @crescentprincekronos2518 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@theprotagonist8755that and people fight for moral high ground when none exist.

  • @kellymoses8566
    @kellymoses8566 9 месяцев назад +1

    The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.

  • @WorshipinIdols
    @WorshipinIdols 11 месяцев назад +41

    ATACMS is not the analog to a Storm Shadow, the JASSM is the US analog to Storm Shadow/Scalp EG.

    • @user-im8hb6ze2z
      @user-im8hb6ze2z 11 месяцев назад +6

      When no ATACMS has been provided, we will take whatever long range missiles are being given to us and we will put them to good use!

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 10 месяцев назад +1

      It's much weaker though even if they tried to reverse engineer it

    • @Top_Weeb
      @Top_Weeb 10 месяцев назад

      What about the JIZZM?

    • @WorshipinIdols
      @WorshipinIdols 10 месяцев назад

      @@ommsterlitz1805 what is weaker? What on earth are u talking about? The storm Shadow , the Scalp and the JASSM all have the same 1,000 lbs high-blast, fragmentation warhead.

    • @WorshipinIdols
      @WorshipinIdols 10 месяцев назад

      @@user-im8hb6ze2z it’s not likely cuz the ATACMS is no longer in production. I recall their are ~900+ ATACMS left in the us arsenal, not to be replaced. So the us may be unwilling to give away the rest of our stocks knowing that no more will ever be built.

  • @mr_dyano2062
    @mr_dyano2062 11 месяцев назад +18

    😂😂 5:27

  • @cesaravegah3787
    @cesaravegah3787 10 месяцев назад +4

    So far as much as I am aware on Ukranie no Storm Shadow has failed a target or has been intercepted, an almost unheard combat record.

  • @nolby1758
    @nolby1758 9 месяцев назад

    Love his last line in the video.

  • @govindashedde1124
    @govindashedde1124 11 месяцев назад +19

    Phub crew filming Russia getting it 😂 5:27

  • @ConsensusX
    @ConsensusX 11 месяцев назад +12

    5:26 The Russians: "Before we invade, we'd like to thank our biggest sponsor:"
    "This invasion was brought to you by:"

  • @Death0Row
    @Death0Row 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love to the black sea comanders kisses from the storm shadow😘

  • @BlacktulipSF
    @BlacktulipSF 11 месяцев назад +13

    How many times are we gonna make the same mistake by delaying the delivery of significant amounts of distinctive long range missiles? Russia should not have a breather during this war and it costs too many lives delaying the victory.

  • @steeltalon2317
    @steeltalon2317 11 месяцев назад +24

    The real benefit of the Storm Shadow is that it keeps Russian colonel and general officers out of the combat zone; since, they know there is very real possibility of being killed once their presence is discovered by Ukraine intelligence. For example, Lt Gen Oleg Tsokov was killed by a Storm Shadow in a local hotel near Berdyansk once his location was discovered by Ukraine intelligence. So if Russian leaders can't maneuver in the combat zone without getting killed, that leaves Russian leadership at the battalion and brigade level, which sucks already, in the hands of captains and lieutenants. Further, the Storm Shadow makes establishing brigade level ammunition and fuel points near the front lines almost impossible. Thus, the Russians can't rapidly re-supply a battalion under attack.

    • @josephstalin9357
      @josephstalin9357 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's not gonna stop officers from going to the front. They know they might die

    • @steeltalon2317
      @steeltalon2317 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@josephstalin9357 No. If that were the case, you'd hear and see general officers at the front in the media to bolster their troop morale. You don't see that. At least 317 Russian officers had been killed, a third of them majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels. They are not stupid.

    • @rushyscoper1651
      @rushyscoper1651 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@josephstalin9357 they don't have endless supply of officer specially general level

    • @skarhabekgreyrukh8601
      @skarhabekgreyrukh8601 11 месяцев назад

      @@rushyscoper1651 they dont have general level officer from the start.... more dumb officer killed mean nothing. they just promote another one.

    • @drumminslife
      @drumminslife 10 месяцев назад

      I wonder if there's a chance Russia may be holding back most of it's "good troops" and valuable officers, and instead sending just a couple elites but mostly "the undesirables"?

  • @edwardkamau267
    @edwardkamau267 10 месяцев назад +1

    I can't be the only one that saw the PH logo on the soldier's uniform 😅

  • @serg1996sotka
    @serg1996sotka 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for UK from Ukraine!

  • @witsend236
    @witsend236 11 месяцев назад +32

    As a Brit I say we now need to give Ukraine the long range storm shadow. They are obsolete now so lets give them to Ukraine.

    • @EvenWaysMusic
      @EvenWaysMusic 11 месяцев назад +8

      Obsolete? Haha I always wonder where experts like you even come from. Storm Shawdow is one of the most advanced and precise missiles on the planet. It isn't due to be replaced until the mid 2030's.

    • @superduper9357
      @superduper9357 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@EvenWaysMusic What h means is that the missiles sent to Ukraine are the UK's stock of older missiles. Obviously they are still effective but they are no longer the most advanced cruise missiles in the UKs arsenal

    • @chrisross6644
      @chrisross6644 11 месяцев назад +6

      Yeah I don't understand why we have limited the range on the ones we have sent. As an ex soldier who has done tours as far as I'm concerned, if someone is attacking you wherever they are attacking from becomes a legitimate military target. If I kicked in my neighbours door I couldn't complain when he done it back to ask why.🤷

    • @onlymeok
      @onlymeok 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@EvenWaysMusic They were due for refurbishment only to serve another few years. Think of the money wasted on Concorde to get it flying again briefly.

    • @witsend236
      @witsend236 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@EvenWaysMusic I spent 25 years in the British armed forces and worked for Airbus military for a further 20 years - Airbus owns MBDA. I was an an executive chief engineer and members of my team worked on both storm shadow and Euro fighter amongst other systems. Storm Shadow is obsolete, isn't being made anymore and being phased out in favour of a new system. The existing stock piles will need to be disposed of which means either we use them or dismantle at great cost. Better to give the stock to Ukraine.
      So now you know my expertise DH.

  • @rdrrua
    @rdrrua 11 месяцев назад +48

    Kudos to UK for Storm Shadows. US unfortunately does not provide long range missiles

    • @tixien
      @tixien 11 месяцев назад +7

      It’s French-British. The French call it Scalp. It can’t leave French or British soil without approval of both countries.

    • @Lucas-vd2gx
      @Lucas-vd2gx 11 месяцев назад +1

      It is about time for other countries to step in too and that is good, every time people expect the US to provide more and more

    • @user-im8hb6ze2z
      @user-im8hb6ze2z 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@tixien Yet, Monsieur - we are yet to see France delivering their SCALP missiles to us in Ukraine :( Macron promised, but has not delivered yet. So far we have only seen British missiles. And they were money well spent - as you can see from report, as few generals, hundreds of orcs, and other high value targets destroyed, damaged or exterminated.

    • @user-im8hb6ze2z
      @user-im8hb6ze2z 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Ell-tell exactly. UK already got return on its investment :)

    • @bret7520
      @bret7520 11 месяцев назад

      For a good reason, the us doesn’t want to send weapons that can be used against Russia on Russian soil

  • @tnh723
    @tnh723 9 месяцев назад +1

    Storm Shadow was one of the very best ninjas of the 1980s. COBRA!

  • @BoBnotThat1
    @BoBnotThat1 10 месяцев назад +2

    what i liked was, we said they can have them, and the next day or so, they used them in Ukraine. they ever delivered them really fast, or they told us cos they were getting used

  • @MiserableJosephson
    @MiserableJosephson 11 месяцев назад +13

    Is it accurate to describe the ATACMS, a ground launched ballistic missile as the US "equivalent" of the Storm Shadow, an air launched cruise missile? Wouldn't the JASSM be a more accurate US equivalent of a Storm Shadow? I have heard speculation that the JASSM might be provided to be used with the F-16s that are planned for delivery later this year. The US also has a greater stockpile of JASSMs than ATACMS, as well as a greater current production capacity. Maybe you can address these options in your next video 🤔

    • @kineticdeath
      @kineticdeath 10 месяцев назад +2

      im pretty sure the atacms is old news, like 80s maybe 90's tech. Theres probably far better gear in the US inventory by now, whether its known or unknown

    • @Userext47
      @Userext47 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@kineticdeath It's PrSM. Currently in development.

    • @Userext47
      @Userext47 10 месяцев назад +2

      JASSM is relatively new, won't be sent because of OPSEC.

    • @MiserableJosephson
      @MiserableJosephson 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Userext47 JASSM has been in service in the US for 14 years, and has been exported by the US for a decade now.

  • @rafael.0.0.0.0
    @rafael.0.0.0.0 11 месяцев назад +3

    5:27 Did anyone else notice it? Zoom in the soldier.

  • @demoniclaw5162
    @demoniclaw5162 8 месяцев назад

    that is impressive

  • @MaximSadikov
    @MaximSadikov 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for Support!

  • @GRvyBB
    @GRvyBB 11 месяцев назад +15

    This is great content. You guys have really been hitting it out of the park this year.

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 11 месяцев назад +9

    Use them well.

  • @FlorinSutu
    @FlorinSutu 9 месяцев назад +2

    Storm Shadow is not manufactured anymore by Great Britain and France, and the two countries will not restart its production. Something that the leadership of Ukraine is not able to grasp, otherwise they will use this asset only when it is really needed.

  • @NekoWinters
    @NekoWinters 10 месяцев назад

    I cna just imagine them writing on the side of it "From Ukraine with love ❤️"

  • @fedorbutochnikow5312
    @fedorbutochnikow5312 11 месяцев назад +13

    The sooner we supply Ukraine with longer range missiles, the sooner this war would be over.

    • @bidenhasdementia8657
      @bidenhasdementia8657 11 месяцев назад

      this war will never "be over" until wise leaders search for peace.

    • @fedorbutochnikow5312
      @fedorbutochnikow5312 11 месяцев назад

      @@bidenhasdementia8657 Please understand: no peace is possible until Russia is exiled from the Ukrainian territory. Would you negotiate with someone who invaded a large portion of your private property, killed part of your family and now wants to negotiate while pointing a gun at you?

    • @bidenhasdementia8657
      @bidenhasdementia8657 11 месяцев назад

      @@fedorbutochnikow5312 Ukraine isn't capable of "exiling" russia from eastern Ukraine. I wish they were but they aren't and never will be capable enough. What will in all likelihood happen is Ukraine will use up all it's manpower and resources on the "counteroffensive" then be incapable of stopping russia from taking more of Ukraine. If peace isn't reached the there is a high likelihood of Russia taking more of Ukraine than they already have.

    • @fedorbutochnikow5312
      @fedorbutochnikow5312 11 месяцев назад

      @@bidenhasdementia8657 Ukraine will never stop fighting, please beat that into your head. Ukraine will continue reclaiming its own territory because it cannot not to, it cannot just tell its own people that the invasion can lead to an agreement, a treaty or even a ceasefire.

    • @bidenhasdementia8657
      @bidenhasdementia8657 11 месяцев назад

      @@fedorbutochnikow5312 ukraine is militarily incapable of reclaiming eastern ukraine. its a sad reality but reality nonetheless. the longer this conflict goes on the more it benefits russia and the more likely russia will take even more ground from ukraine

  • @KendlickLama
    @KendlickLama 10 месяцев назад +3

    *The storm shadow missile knows where its target is, by knowing where its not*

    • @thomasmleahy6218
      @thomasmleahy6218 10 месяцев назад

      Where's the rest of that joke?

    • @KendlickLama
      @KendlickLama 10 месяцев назад

      @@thomasmleahy6218 you don’t know, don’t you?

  • @Angel_M777
    @Angel_M777 11 месяцев назад +1

    Why atacms are still not delivered ?

  • @indiana146
    @indiana146 11 месяцев назад

    This is as good as it gets

  • @jshavaun1
    @jshavaun1 11 месяцев назад +3

    5:26 When you see it, smile :)

    • @onlymeok
      @onlymeok 11 месяцев назад +1

      What's long, thin, and when it enters it leaves a big mess?

  • @pahtar7189
    @pahtar7189 11 месяцев назад +7

    The success of Storm Shadows may lead to a higher production rate that could lead to a drop in unit price due to the economy of scale.

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc 11 месяцев назад +2

      Nope, no more Storm Shadows are being made. It's successor is supposed to enter production in a couple of years but what we have is all that is left.

    • @RainerMichelle
      @RainerMichelle 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@ptonpc France has sent their Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine as well, and next year they start producing the successor missiles, it looks like they are a new best seller

    • @Maddog-xc2zv
      @Maddog-xc2zv 11 месяцев назад

      @@ptonpc that's not the point. the PR point is if the SCALP/ Storm shadow is performing so well it's successor will surely be more developed and will sell internationaly in large numbers, surely for Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, SK, Australia (which I doubt a bit as they're in the new atacms program or precision strike missile) and even Japan or India. Not speaking of European eastern market like Poland.

    • @Maddog-xc2zv
      @Maddog-xc2zv 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@RainerMichelle Yes, as said this SCALP/Storm Shadow are doing all the PR work.

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc 11 месяцев назад

      @@Maddog-xc2zvJoined Sep 9, 2022 The original commentator was working on the basis that Storm Shadow production is continuing. It is not.

  • @sample6021
    @sample6021 Месяц назад

    for information, max range of these missiles are almost 600 km (372 miles) but are nerfed to prevent Ukrainians to shoot inside Russian territory with

  • @jonjohnson2844
    @jonjohnson2844 Месяц назад

    You can guarantee the UK, and other users, now have thousands of Storm Shadows

  • @christopherwang4392
    @christopherwang4392 11 месяцев назад +3

    How does the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile or JASSM compare with the Storm Shadow? Has there been any discussions for the United States to provide JASSMs to Ukraine?

    • @ataxpayer723
      @ataxpayer723 11 месяцев назад +1

      AGM-158B JASSM-ER
      The US Air Force studied various improvements to the AGM-158, resulting in the development of the JASSM-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), which received the designation AGM-158B in 2002. Using a more efficient engine and larger fuel volume in an airframe with the same external dimensions as the JASSM, the JASSM-ER is intended to have a range of over 575 mi (925 km) as compared to the JASSM's range of about 230 mi (370 km). Other possible improvements were studied but ultimately not pursued, including a submunition dispenser warhead, new types of homing head, and a new engine giving ranges in excess of 620 mi (1,000 km). The JASSM-ER has 70% hardware commonality and 95% software commonality with the original AGM-158 JASSM.
      The first flight test of the JASSM-ER occurred on May 18, 2006 when a missile was launched from a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The initial platform for the JASSM-ER is the B-1 Bone. While both the original JASSM and the JASSM-ER are several inches too long to be carried in the internal weapons bay of the F-35 Lightning II, the F-35 will be able to carry both missiles externally, which would compromise the aircraft's stealth features.
      The JASSM-ER entered service with the USAF in April 2014. Although the B-1 was initially the only aircraft able to deploy it, it was later integrated onto the B-52, F-15E, and F-16; the B-1B can carry a full load of 24 JASSM-ERs, the B-2 16 missiles,[34][35] and the B-52 outfitted with the 1760 Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade (IWBU) is able to carry 20 JASSM-ERs, eight internally and 12 on external pylons. It is also carried on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-35C fighters

    • @elpenprice679
      @elpenprice679 9 месяцев назад

      haha no shot; no way its going to ukraine

  • @wrighty338
    @wrighty338 11 месяцев назад +9

    The storm shadow is old and was in scope for modernisation so i would not be surprised if a majority of the stockpile went to Ukraine with a view to replacing it with something newer in the near future. I hope Germany will hand over some Taurus too honestly.

    • @Demopans5990
      @Demopans5990 11 месяцев назад

      Mirrors the actions taken by the rest of NATO. The US is sending over what is basically warehouse junk due for modernization 10-20 years ago, not to mention all those tanks the Marine Corps decided were too heavy to lug around islands

  • @aaronhinspater6771
    @aaronhinspater6771 11 месяцев назад

    5:26 dudes patch tells me he's a man of culture

  • @nickmeyer208
    @nickmeyer208 9 месяцев назад

    @5:27. Nice patch 😆

  • @toastrecon
    @toastrecon 10 месяцев назад +39

    Ukraine is also developing its own variety of cruise missile. Should be interesting to see how soon they can field it in reliable numbers. Pulse jet.

    • @olegmakogon7447
      @olegmakogon7447 10 месяцев назад

      You meant GRIM-1 /GRIM-2?

    • @sendoalbino6092
      @sendoalbino6092 10 месяцев назад +5

      that's country is curapt em possible to make cruise missile cruise wallet😂😂😂 big WALLET

    • @rudyd7306
      @rudyd7306 10 месяцев назад

      @@sendoalbino6092 well, I think russia is more corrupt than ukraine.And the big boss of corruption----pooptin. Think about that.

    • @occamraiser
      @occamraiser 10 месяцев назад

      Seriously? You're staking you hopes on a WW II V1?
      While I'm sure they will be cheap to make they would be better off cloning the iranian drones, manufacturing them by the hundred in the west at $20k each that is 50 per $1M and they can send THEM into russia without troubling their Western supporters.

    • @richardbayer5702
      @richardbayer5702 9 месяцев назад +3

      With its own cruise missile, Ukraine will be going ONTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY. YES! Wipe out electricity for the oligarchs and that's the end of Putin. 😂

  • @ussrrussia6005
    @ussrrussia6005 11 месяцев назад +5

    Well anthor think thank you for Strom shadow 😅

  • @f-86zoomer37
    @f-86zoomer37 11 месяцев назад +1

    completely off topic, but why does that mobik have that patch??? 5:27

  • @Neeboopsh
    @Neeboopsh 11 месяцев назад +1

    HIMARS launchers fire the standard himars munition, as well as atacms...but also a new missile with even farther range, called the precision strike missile. it is not officially in service, but the psm is supposed to enter service this year....and it wouldnt be the first time a system was field tested before it was officially in service.

    • @Maddog-xc2zv
      @Maddog-xc2zv 11 месяцев назад

      Lockheed Martin will be starting scale production next year of the new block of the atacms, which is the PSM or PrMS- precision strike missile. Until then numbers are running short (current blocks not in production anymore, the producing lines were shut down) and Ukraine will see squat. After they'll start to get some of the first gen in few numbers and increasing as the new block also ramps up on production (it will also be surely sold to Australia, likely to the UK, and interest will be also on the side of those countries with M270 MLRS - UK and France are also developing, almost ready to produce, upgrade of the SCALP/Storm Shadow - which also are not being produced anymore).

  • @bradhigerd4838
    @bradhigerd4838 11 месяцев назад +103

    Great segment. And a very impressive missile. All the pomp by Putin over hypersonic missiles means little if inaccurate and vulnerable to countermeasures. This terrain mapping feature is amazing. I’d have expected that level of technology still requiring a remote targeting system or “piloting”, but I’m only familiar with 30+ year old munitions. This new Western tech is impressive, especially knowing the West is holding back its best stuff.

    • @RainerMichelle
      @RainerMichelle 11 месяцев назад +6

      it was developed in cooperation with France , Macron will send missiles as well, but we don't know which range, it might be the 500km range, but France has not announced which ones yet
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Shadow

    • @scottyotty2hotty
      @scottyotty2hotty 11 месяцев назад +12

      Terrain mapping has been around for a while, although it's pretty rare. Trident missiles even have something called 'Celestial Navigation', literally navigating by the stars. It was recognised some years ago that you can't necessarily rely on GPS.

    • @SeanD808
      @SeanD808 11 месяцев назад +7

      The Russians captured one recently...I heard...

    • @shonemumy
      @shonemumy 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@SeanD808 Yup. And, judging from released video, those pieces look like crashed, rather than shot down. I doubt warhead would stay intact if anything kinetic was involved. That leaves EW or malfunction. Very impressive missile indeed.

    • @jamesstewart3285
      @jamesstewart3285 11 месяцев назад +3

      Not trying to disappoint you, but some have been shot down by AA SAM systems, one seems to have failed via engine malfunction and was captured by the enemy.

  • @franciscovarela7127
    @franciscovarela7127 11 месяцев назад +4

    @5:27 Photo of Russian soldier holding missile fragment has a Pornhub patch on his uniform. He's wearing a mask so that his wife doesn't find out why his roaming charges are so high. Very professional

  • @ashif21
    @ashif21 11 месяцев назад

    At 3:44 that's the same example they used in the movie Armageddon to explain why they should drill a hole into the asteroid.

  • @briangraezer3416
    @briangraezer3416 10 месяцев назад

    Man just quoted top NASA Scientist from the movie Armageddon 3:43

  • @lissettelopez8331
    @lissettelopez8331 11 месяцев назад +5

    So there’s a much needed correction coming from a former 13M MLRS/HIMARS crew member. MLRS can reach 300+ miles with the ammunition we NATO use. Double that of the Stormshadow. Not saying the Stormshadow is not a supreme weapon system, but it must be noted that MLRS is not being fully executed in an offensive fashion as we would.

    • @kevinshort3943
      @kevinshort3943 11 месяцев назад +8

      Ukraine have the export version of Storm Shadow/SCALP.
      The full fat version is 340+ miles

    • @radman8321
      @radman8321 11 месяцев назад +5

      There are multiple versions of Storm Shadow too. The UK has sent the shorter range ones. The longer range version has double the range. The UK and US are both sending weapons with ranges to hit targets in occupied Ukraine and not putting temptation in Ukraine's hands to attacking targets deep inside Russia. It's only 520 miles to Moscow and given how poor the Russian Air defence seems, getting an SU57 200 miles into Russian territory to launch wouldn't be out of the question.

    • @RainerMichelle
      @RainerMichelle 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@radman8321 there are speculations that France has given the 500km version to Ukraine, we don't know, Macron is not very talkative on the subject...I guess we will find out soon

    • @B.D.E.
      @B.D.E. 11 месяцев назад

      Then tell your senators to send ATACMS. The US is lagging behind.

    • @gibbo_303
      @gibbo_303 11 месяцев назад +1

      Sir is that classified information because the maximum i've seen is 190 miles

  • @jkgrooves
    @jkgrooves 11 месяцев назад +21

    The support we here in the West, for Ukraine has been good. However we need to do more. The Ukrainians are suffering and dying. They are a free people. Welcoming them into the fold of the western markets and adding legal tentacles to help root out corruption, will mean prosperity for all of us. Other countries we've tried to intervene we're kicking and screaming hating us. Ukraine is practically begging to be part of the fold. I believe we have the obligation to help usher them in to their full potential as a democracy. Our role is very similar to what France did to help with the American Revolution. A baby democracy needing help to get on its feet. 🇺🇲💛💙🏁

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState 11 месяцев назад +4

      What's Democracy?

    • @prakashrai5591
      @prakashrai5591 11 месяцев назад +2

      🤣

    • @jonathanr72
      @jonathanr72 11 месяцев назад +3

      Democracies don't outlaw the opposition party like Zelensky did. Only dictatorships do that.

    • @GK-ui8fv
      @GK-ui8fv 11 месяцев назад

      Ideally, during war opposition should join hands with the ruling party as happens in all democracy.

  • @dimitriisov1262
    @dimitriisov1262 9 месяцев назад +2

    Did anyone else notice the soldier at 5:27 just casually sporting a P-hub patch??

  • @amazingdany
    @amazingdany 3 месяца назад

    Totally helped during the Ukrainian counteroffensive!

  • @trifio5242
    @trifio5242 11 месяцев назад +14

    1 mln usd is actually very cheap. Russian Kalibr (almost the same rocket) costs about 6 mln usd

    • @The_Stef
      @The_Stef 11 месяцев назад +1

      According to Wikipedia the Kalibr also costs about 1 mil USD while the export version costs 6.5 mil USD (sounds like insane profit margins).

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад

      You pay for it with your own money then trifio5242. I want peace talks followed by peace, and my Country to fix it's crumbling infrastructure.

    • @jsimmons9969
      @jsimmons9969 11 месяцев назад

      Storm shadow is nowhere near equal to Kalibr. Kalibr costs Russia 1-3 million depending on variant. Kalibr has up to 4 times the range of Storm shadow.

    • @timmurphy5541
      @timmurphy5541 11 месяцев назад

      @@weneedcriticalthinking You go and make the peace happen then.

    • @heybabycometobutthead
      @heybabycometobutthead 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@jsimmons9969So what's the range of Kalibr?

  • @rono108
    @rono108 11 месяцев назад +3

    Germany needs to step up and supply the Ukrainians.

    • @GotMoxy
      @GotMoxy 11 месяцев назад +1

      Germany is in recession and out of weaponry too. They said they will not fund Ukraine in weapons or money. EU just said no to Zelenskys request for funding to subsidize the export of Ukraines grain. Biden said the US is out of ammunition too. Zelensky needs to make peace or sacrifice what is left of his country and people. He should of NEVER trusted Biden and Boris who stopped him from any peace deals.

  • @reckz420
    @reckz420 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wait ... did anyone else notice the patch on soldier's chest at 5:25 ?? LOL

  • @michaeldonnelly2977
    @michaeldonnelly2977 11 месяцев назад

    2:25 “an alt-a-meter” 😂 WSJ you so crazy

  • @Joelmonterrey
    @Joelmonterrey 11 месяцев назад +48

    I bet a lot of countries now want to purchase the Stormshadow. What an incredible piece of hardware! Wow. Gee, would have been nice to show of those ATACMS or whatever they are. I wonder if those work.

    • @Villain1874
      @Villain1874 11 месяцев назад +9

      Storm Shadow will be replaced in the coming years by FC/ASW ("Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon") again being developed by the UK/France and I believe Italy has recently joined the program - so countries may want to wait to get the improved more capable missile.

    • @timmilder8313
      @timmilder8313 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yes they work.
      We've used hundreds of them lol.
      We sell plenty of F35s

    • @Joelmonterrey
      @Joelmonterrey 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@timmilder8313 Oh I know they do! I'm just being sarcastic because I'm not happy that the US leaders have not sent ATACMS. It's very annoying. Btw, I live about an hour away from where HIMARS are produced. It would mean jobs for us here in Arkansas. I'm honored that we can help Ukrainian people restore their country again and defeat over 500 years of Russian imperialism.

    • @weneedcriticalthinking
      @weneedcriticalthinking 11 месяцев назад +7

      Evil is promoting war weapons, do you work for the MIC?

    • @Joelmonterrey
      @Joelmonterrey 11 месяцев назад +11

      @@weneedcriticalthinking Those weapons are stopping over 500 years of Russian colonialism and genocide. Please have a seat.

  • @josharpe5605
    @josharpe5605 10 месяцев назад +16

    Storm Shadows also use thermography for guidance.
    The KPED 350 (Taurus) has an operational range of ~310 miles. The Storm Shadow has an operating range of 340 miles.

    • @djkinetic2020
      @djkinetic2020 10 месяцев назад +1

      Khinzal is 1240 miles range, They launch it in Caspian sea. What are people so obsessed with cruise missiles? Russia has more of them. If you are impressed by the storm shadow.. Russia has 50 times more cruise missiles.. they are not game changers.

    • @MarlinSoftware
      @MarlinSoftware 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@djkinetic2020 Nobody is impressed by the HYPE-a-sonic missiles Russia has, because they don't seem to work!

    • @josharpe5605
      @josharpe5605 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@djkinetic2020 The ability that they give Ukraine to strike targets deep w/in Russian-occupied territory is not to be sniffed at.

    • @krempixxx
      @krempixxx 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@djkinetic2020 they had so many but not anymore orc because they shoot them on civs building :D

  • @JohnSmith-vz8pc
    @JohnSmith-vz8pc 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ukrainian MOD: "We'd like to strike the HQ of the occupiers' Black sea fleet in Sevastapil"
    Operator: " which room and window?"
    Ukrainian MOD: "Admiral of Fleets' office please. During a high-level briefing meeting, this morning"

  • @playbabethebookshelf6249
    @playbabethebookshelf6249 10 месяцев назад +2

    the secret engineering behind its precision is because, The missile knows where it is.

    • @bobsmith3983
      @bobsmith3983 10 месяцев назад

      Not really as it is being jammed near any critical infrastructure or being shot down by SHORAD.

  • @Simon-hb9rf
    @Simon-hb9rf 11 месяцев назад +8

    wow the Russian bots are really out in force in this comments section aren't they

  • @svenlima
    @svenlima 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for the informative video.
    However: This video suffers of the disease of many youtube videos: superfluous and distracting background music. It's tiring attending to the narration over the background music, masking the topic of the video and mostly adding nothing to the content. Narration or music is fine but one on top of the other is annoying.