(Dan Tri) – Experts have pointed out the reason why the long-range Storm Shadow missile that Britain gave to Ukraine has not been able to change the war situation with Russia as expected.
British fighter carrying Storm Shadow missile (Illustration: Telegraph).
Earlier this month, Britain confirmed it had transferred long-range missiles to Ukraine with the expectation that this weapon could change the `game` in the 15-month war with Russia.
With a speed of Mach 0.8 (987km/h) with a maximum range of 560km, Storm Shadow is a powerful long-range missile transferred to Ukraine by the West.
In fact, Storm Shadow successfully carried out several attacks on Russian targets in Lugansk on April 12 and 14.
However, the number of successful Storm Shadow attacks on Russian targets seems to be less than the number of times this missile was intercepted by Russian air defenses.
According to experts, this is not too surprising.
On the other hand, Russian experts said that Russian air defense systems such as the Buk and Tor-M2 were said to have successfully intercepted Storm Shadow in the Syrian battlefield in 2018, so this missile is not a new challenge.
On the other hand, although Storm Shadow is a powerful missile, it is manufactured according to NATO standards, while Ukraine’s aircraft system carrying this missile follows Soviet standards.
Storm Shadow weighs nearly 2 tons.
After Ukraine received Storm Shadow, Russia announced that it had shot down 3 Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft.
According to Eurasian Times, Ukraine’s failure to disrupt Russia’s logistics supply capabilities in recent times with Storm Shadow is considered one of the reasons why they have not been able to launch a major counterattack to take back Russia.