Storm Shadow/SCALP EG | |
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Type | Long-range, air-to-surface missile |
Place of origin | France, Italy, United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 2002 – present |
Used by | See Inventory |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | MBDA |
Unit cost | £790,000 |
Specifications | |
Weight | 1,300 kilograms (2,866.0 lb) |
Length | 5.1 metres (16.7 ft) |
Diameter | 0.7 metres (2.3 ft) estimated |
Warhead | 450 kg BROACH (Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge) |
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Engine | Turbomeca Microturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet, producing 5.4 kN thrust |
Wingspan | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
Operational
range |
300+nm (560+km) Lo-Lo profile |
Flight altitude | 30 metres (98.4 ft)–40 metres (131.2 ft) |
Speed | 1,000 km/h Mach 0.8 |
Guidance
system |
Inertial, GPS and TERPROM. Terminal guidance using imaging infrared DSMAC |
Launch
platform |
Panavia Tornado |
Missile de Croisière Naval (Naval Cruise Missile) | |
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Type | Cruise missile |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | MBDA |
Unit cost | €2.48m(FY2011) (~US$3.3m) |
Specifications | |
Weight | 1,400 kg (3,086 lb) |
Length | 6.5 m (21.3 ft) |
Diameter | 500 mm (19.7 in) |
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Effective firing range | >1,000 km (540 nmi) |
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Engine | Microturbo |
Wingspan | 2.85 m (9.4 ft) |
Speed | 800 km/h (432 kn) |
Guidance
system |
inertial guidance, topographic (TERCOM/TERPROM), active radar homing and infrared guidance, GPS |
Accuracy | metric |
Launch
platform |
FREMM frigates Barracuda submarines Scorpène submarines |
Panavia Tornado
Mirage 2000
Dassault Rafale
Eurofighter Typhoon (from 2015)
Storm Shadow is a British, French and Italian low-observable air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA. Storm Shadow is the British name for the weapon; in French service it is called SCALP EG (Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée – Emploi Général, meaning General Purpose Long Range Standoff Cruise Missile). The missile is based on the earlier MBDA Apache anti-runway missile, and differs in that it carries a warhead, rather than submunitions.
The missile has a range of approximately 560 km (300 nautical miles), is powered by a turbojet at Mach 0.8 and can be carried by the RAF Tornado GR4, Italian Tornado IDS, Saab Gripen, Dassault Mirage 2000 and Dassault Rafale aircraft. Storm Shadow would be integrated with the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Phase 2 Enhancement (P2E) in 2015, and it will not be fitted to the F-35 Lightning II once that aircraft comes into service. The BROACH warhead features an initial penetrating charge to clear soil or enter a bunker, then a variable delay fuze to control detonation of the main warhead. The missile weighs about 1,300 kilograms (2,866 lb), has a maximum body diameter of 48 centimetres (1.6 ft) and a wingspan of 3 metres (9.8 ft). Intended targets are command, control and communications; airfields; ports and power stations; AMS/ammunition storage; surface ships and submarines in port; bridges and other high value strategic targets.