“The once untouchable ‘Mariupol-Berdyansk corridor’ is now hit on a daily basis.”
Seems like its possible this might keep up for a while.
I saw a report that the UK had 850 Storm Shadows (only 150 of which remained on operational status, against mission requirements). The French have 450 SCALP-EG, and the Germans have about 450 Taurus cruise missiles - all of them are either already retired from service, or scheduled for retirement in the next few years. Additionally, some number more have been exported, and remain in the inventories of Allies.
They are putting them to good use is the kirch bridge in range?
It’s also an order of magnitude more effective than Russia’s KH-101/55 and Kalibre cruise missiles that require at least 10 missiles to possibly strike 1 target. By the time the Storm Shadow performs its popup maneuver to verify the target, it’s too late for air defense. By all appearances, Russian air defenses would have little chance against the west’s newer/stealthier cruise missiles like the JASSM.
“”I saw a report that the UK had 850 Storm Shadows (only 150 of which remained on operational status, against mission requirements). The French have 450 SCALP-EG, and the Germans have about 450 Taurus cruise missiles - all of them are either already retired from service, or scheduled for retirement in the next few years.””
What a wonderful money-saving way to dispose of these.