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Storm Shadow / SCALP

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Manufacturer:MBDAIntroduced: 2003|Status: active|Origin: United Kingdom

STRATEGICSPEC // STORM-SHADOW-SCALP

FIREPOWER

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$3.1M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typemissile

Categorystrategic

Country🇬🇧United Kingdom

ContractorMBDA

Statusactive

Generation5 Generation

Introduced2003

Service StatusActive

Data SourceMBDA Systems Product Catalogue / UK Ministry of Defence Equipment Reports

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

94/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

91/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONPASSIVE

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length5.1 m

Width0.63 m

Height0.48 m

Weight1,300 kg

Max Speed1,000 km/h

Range560 km

Endurance0.8 hrs

Ceiling100 m

Fuel Capacity350 L

PowerplantMicroturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet producing 5.4 kN thrust

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

1 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

BROACH multi-stage penetration warhead with precursor shaped charge and follow-through penetrator1 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

Air-launched from Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage 2000, and Su-24M

GUIDED MISSILES

Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG standoff cruise missile

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

Autonomous high-resolution imaging infrared (IIR) seeker with automatic target recognition (ATR)(25 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

Integrated Radar Warning Receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Multi-Band Electronic Jammer Suite

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteN/A

N/A (Non-Naval)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR85% WORKSHARE

MBDA🇬🇧

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇳🇴

Solid Rocket Motor / Ramjet PropulsionVendor: NammoThrust/Power: High-Thrust Solid Booster

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇫🇷

Active Phased Array Guidance SeekerManufacturer: Thales GroupArchitecture: RF / Radar Seeker

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇩🇪

High-Explosive Blast Fragmentation / Kinetic WarheadVendor: Diehl DefencePayload: Guided Interceptor Warhead

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇫🇷

Dual-Mode Infrared / Millimeter-Wave SeekerVendor: Photonis Exosens

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇹🇼

TSMCNode: 7nm High-Reliability Rad-Hard

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionlight

Armor Thickness15 mm

CountermeasuresStealth radar-absorbent faceted airframe, Ultra-low terrain-following cruise flight profile

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioMission pre-planned autonomous route programming

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$3,100,000

Annual Operating Cost$80,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$40,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

6 Operator Nations~1,870 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇬🇧United Kingdom	Domestic Operator	700units
🇫🇷France	Domestic Operator	500units
🇮🇹Italy	Domestic Operator	200units
🇺🇦Ukraine	Export Operator	80units
🇬🇷Greece	Export Operator	90units
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Export Operator	300units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

95/100

Mobility

86/100

Protection

84/100

Sensors

96/100

Reliability

94/100

Maintainability

91/100

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Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceMBDA Systems Product Catalogue / UK Ministry of Defence Equipment Reports

Last Verification Date2026-10-07