US EditionSCALP Missile Production Restart Sparks Greek Interest
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For a long time, the West of Ukraine refuses to use weapons with a higher range. After long debates, Kiev finally gets the promise for the use of the Scalp and Storm Shadow cruise missiles. But there are clearly too few of them. Now France has a production line run up again.
French company MBDA resumes production of Scalp EG long-range air-to-ground cruise missiles.
In reality, the French minister isn't concerned with resuming production after 15 years, but rather with the first orders placed for these missiles by one of the manufacturer countries, France. The SCALP-EG (Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée – Emploi Général, or Long-Range General Purpose Cruise Missile System) missiles and their British version, the Storm Shadow (which differs in the way it is attached to the aircraft but is otherwi…
After 15 years, European defense multinational MBDA will resume production of the British-French Storm Shadow or SCALP cruise missiles at its manufacturing facility in the UK due to rising geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in Europe, especially due to the war in Ukraine. These are missiles that caused great panic in Russia due to their long range, as Ukraine used them to attack Russian targets on Russian territory, and Vladimir Putin threate…
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