Storm Shadow / SCALP EG
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United KingdomManufacturer: MBDA
«MdCN / Black Shaheen (UAE)»
CruiseLand attackUnited Kingdom / France2003In service
Anglo-French stealthy air-launched cruise missile with BROACH penetrating warhead against bunkers and hardened infrastructure.
Cruise//Land attack
ID — STORM-SHADOW-SCALPUnited Kingdom / France · MBDA
MdCN / Black Shaheen (UAE)
Anglo-French stealthy air-launched cruise missile with BROACH penetrating warhead against bunkers and hardened infrastructure.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Storm Shadow / SCALP EG
- Alias
- MdCN / Black Shaheen (UAE)
- Manufacturer
- MBDA
- Country
- United Kingdom / France
- Year
- 2003
- Category
- Cruise
- All sub-types
- Land attack
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 560 km
- Top speed
- Mach 0.8
- Guidance
- INS + GPS + TERPROM + IIR terminale + riconoscimento immagine
- Warhead
- BROACH 450 kg (precursore HEAT + penetratore HE)
- CEP
- 3 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Typhoon, Rafale, Tornado, Su-24 (Ucraina), F-35 (futuro)
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Launch weight
- 1300 kg
- Unit cost
- 2.8 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈50/anno (programma di rilancio MBDA 2024)
- Estimated inventory
- ≈1.500 prodotti complessivi (RAF/AdA/IT/UAE/SA/QA)
- Unit cost
- 2.8 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Iraq 2003 — first RAF operational use.
- ▸Libya 2011 — Rafale and Tornado against command bunkers.
- ▸Iraq/Syria 2015-2019 — anti-ISIS campaign.
- ▸Ukraine 2023-2024 — hit Black Sea Fleet HQ at Sevastopol, Chongar bridge, ammunition depots.
Main operators
United KingdomFranceItalySaudi ArabiaUAEEgyptGreeceQatarUkraine
History
Developed by Matra/BAE Dynamics (later MBDA) from the Apache anti-runway project, entered RAF service in 2003 and Armée de l'Air service in 2005 as SCALP EG.
Naval MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) variant fielded on French FREMM frigates and Suffren submarines from 2017, with ~1,000 km range.
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