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An Anglo–French low-observable air-launched cruise missile, referred to as Storm Shadow in British use and SCALP-EG in French use.
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Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG
An Anglo–French air-launched cruise missile, known as ‘Storm Shadow’ in British use and ‘SCALP-EG’ in French use. The munition has an effective range of up to 250 km and carries the multistage Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge (BROACH) warhead. By using an initial shaped charge which is followed by a larger penetrating blast charge, BROACH permits strikes against hardened targets—such as underground bunkers—that would ordinarily require penetrating air-delivered bombs. Storm Shadow follows pre-programmed coordinates using GPS, inertial navigation, and terrain profile matching (TERPROM) to reach a target area, before climbing and switching to imaging infrared (IIR) as it strikes the target. The missile has seen use by the UK and France during conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Syria, and more recently by Ukraine against Russian targets.