First Image Of Storm Shadow Cruise Missile Appears From The Warzone As Ukraine Hits Russian Military With Anglo-French Weapon

Eurasian Times ^ | 13/5/23 | Sakshi Tiwari

[Eleutheria5]

Within days of confirmation by the UK Defense Secretary that the country had sent long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine, its first use had already been recorded and widely shared on social media.

A missile attack on the Luhansk region in the eastern Ukrainian region on May 12 was carried out by Anglo-French-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, the representative office of the Lugansk People’s Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported on its Telegram channel.

“According to updated information, on May 12, 2023, during a rocket attack on the city of Luhansk, the armed formations of Ukraine used two Storm Shadow cruise missiles (English-French production) and one anti-aircraft missile ADM-160B MALD (US production),” the publication was quoted by RIA Novosti.

Initially, Russian officials in the Luhansk region stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the Ukrainian “Thunder-2” or the “Grom-2” tactical missiles. However, despite official confirmations, social media was abuzz with rumors that the Storm Shadow had been put to use.

Military experts said that the Storm Shadow had already been used or would be used shortly in east Ukraine, which recently suffered missile strikes launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

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[TennTuxedo]

Normie central.

[fso301]

The war is turning out to be a very useful platform for testing new weapons and tactics just like the Spanish Civil War.

[Eleutheria5]

Falklands War and the first Gulf War were, too. So was the American Civil War. First breach loaders, first Gatling Gun, first submarine.

[Eleutheria5]

Battle of the Tugela in the Boer War exhibited the first trench warfare.

[silverleaf]

Identifying the target as “ Russian military” is a stretch until we see pix
LPR claims it was factory, with civilian casualties
Waiting for UK press to visit

[DesertRhino]

Maybe someday we should have a useful platform for a country or alliance to test not being an expansionist, globalist, aggressive menace.

[DesertRhino]

That would be news to men the Crimean war, or the siege of Vicksburg.

[DesertRhino]

That would be news to men the Crimean war, or the siege of Vicksburg.

[rdcbn1]

Is it a win when the weapon you use to destroy a target costs 100x the cost of the target it destroyed?

[Eleutheria5]

Digging trenches is one thing. Concealing oneself in a trench while firing, however, was an impossible when black powder was the propellant, because the smoke gives away their position. So, yes, the trench is a good place to duck into while the lead is flying, but there was no hope of concealment there once you fired back.

Only on the Tugela was smokeless white powder first employed, which enabled true trench warfare, firing from hidden, even camouflaged positions, against troops being marched forward in columns, as if they were in Napoleonic times. The British suffered horrifically on the Tugela until they learned to take the enemy trenches in rushes, bursting forward and then quickly laying flat, then waiting for their volley to end and then rushing forward again, because there were no tell-tale smoke plumes to give them away in their hidey-holes.

[Eleutheria5]

If it’s reusable, or can fire at multiple targets before being spent, it might be. I don’t think the monetary cost is as important as the military value of the target. If this is where they make mortar shells, and they have lots of mortars, it may be just a crappy assembly line, but it’s out of commission now, and the time lag ‘til they replace that production capability can be priceless, and the fact that they have to make it and ship it a greater distance away to avoid getting blown up again, can be important, too.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Yep, the 7x57 Mauser repeating rifle with jacketed rounds was an earthquake of a gamechanger, right there. Sent shivers through the UK empire it did.

 

 

[Eleutheria5]

It initially sent shivers through the expeditionary force to Natal, because the Boers successfully held off Tommy Atkins at the Tugela and Wegkop against all odds. But in the end General Roberts arrived, did a massive flank march through the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, and at that point the war degenerated into persistent guerilla action by the Boers, and concentration camps for their wives, kids and servants. It started with the Mauser, but it ended shaking the empire for decades afterwards, up to the point where the UK empire was just a memory.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

I know. Was the beginning of the end for the sun never setting on the Empire, no matter the measures they tried to stop it with.

 

 

[Tijeras_Slim]

It provided a nasty surprise at San Juan Hill as well.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

That would be the M93 - used by Cubans on both sides. Then there was the Colt "potato digger" and the Maxim. Shades of the big war to come 16 years later.

 

 

[Eleutheria5]

Gandhi started in South Africa, too. He was just a green-as-grass lawyer when he arrived. So did Churchill. Unremarkable young blue-blood officer/journalist at his arrival in S. Africa.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Many a historical figure had unremarkable beginnings. What sets them aside from the rest is they weren't just 'spectators', but embraced and immersed themselves in the events that shaped their lives.

 

 

[Eleutheria5]

Gosh. Brandon’s embracing being a deep state meat puppet. I guess that makes him an historical figure, too. He’ll be right up there with Emperor Domitian, General McClellan, and Benedict Arnold/;-}