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UK expected to give Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia
The Guardian ^ | Mon 18 Nov 2024 | Dan Sabbagh, Andrew Roth, Pjotr Sauer, and Jessica Elgot

Posted on 11/18/2024 4:21:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Britain is expected to supply Storm Shadow missiles for use by Ukraine on targets inside Russia, now that the US president, Joe Biden, has agreed to do the same for the similar American long-range Atacms weapon.

Keir Starmer, the prime minister, said at the G20 summit that the UK recognised it needed to “double down” on its support for Ukraine, while diplomatic sources briefed they expected other European countries to follow the US lead.

The prime minister said that, while he was “not going to get into operational details”, he recognised the need to do more to help Ukraine, whose electricity network was seriously damaged by a wave of Russian bombing on Sunday.

“I’ve been really clear for a long time now, we need to double down. We need to make sure Ukraine has what is necessary for as long as necessary, because we cannot allow Putin to win this war,” the prime minister said.

Russia, however, accused the west of escalation and said that Biden risked adding “fuel to the fire” in Ukraine, and while Donald Trump remained silent on the issue, his son Don Jr accused the military industrial complex of wanting to get “world war three going”.

Storm Shadow missiles have a range of about 250km (155 miles), similar to the US Atacms, and have in the past been given to Kyiv by the UK and France to strike targets inside Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.

But the US retained an effective veto on their use because it supplies a guidance system and repeated lobbying by the UK had failed to shift the US position, which has only begun to soften after the election victory of Donald Trump earlier this month.

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1 posted on 11/18/2024 4:21:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Russia gets missiles and drones from Iran, that it uses to strike deep into Ukraine

What’s the difference?


2 posted on 11/18/2024 4:22:39 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Russia gets missiles and drones from Iran, that it uses to strike deep into Ukraine

What’s the difference?


3 posted on 11/18/2024 4:22:39 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

America expected to provide materiel and munitions to allies...*Lusitania sinks*


4 posted on 11/18/2024 4:23:50 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: MinorityRepublican
The world would be a better place if Britain declared war on Russia and lost.

Britain under Starmers has become a communist state.

5 posted on 11/18/2024 4:27:19 PM PST by Kazan
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To: MinorityRepublican

Escalation like this simply moves the timetable up and shows who the Winner of the conflict is. For those not paying attention, the Winner is going to be Russia, and Ukraine is setting itself up for a major beatdown.


6 posted on 11/18/2024 4:27:48 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: canuck_conservative
Apparently, you were repeatedly dropped on your head in your youth.

And in your old age.

7 posted on 11/18/2024 4:28:32 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: canuck_conservative
You're going to find out real quick how merciful the Russians have been if one of those long-range missiles does any real damage.

The Russians can and will takeout the entire electric grid in Ukraine. They could decide to level every government building in Kiev.

8 posted on 11/18/2024 4:29:48 PM PST by Kazan
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To: canuck_conservative
Russia gets missiles and drones from Iran, that it uses to strike deep into Ukraine What’s the difference?

There is no difference. F**k both Ukraine and Russia. Trump is wise to stay silent on the issue. He warned Putin last week not to "escalate" and Vlad is doing just that, and then some. Why should Trump give a shit if ZZZ hits Russian targets? Well deserved and not our problem. There isn't going to be a WWIII, because Russia knows damn well it would be erased.

9 posted on 11/18/2024 4:31:39 PM PST by montag813
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To: canuck_conservative

Among other things, range. The Iranian stuff does not have the 150-200 mile plus range of ATACMS or Storm Shadow. Russia has *not* been buying the counterparts to Storm Shadow, etc., from Iran.


10 posted on 11/18/2024 4:35:11 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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11 posted on 11/18/2024 4:36:25 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

When you are siding with a Soros, you are doing something wrong.


12 posted on 11/18/2024 4:39:46 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Kazan

Precisely, it may not seem like it but Russia has limited how hard they hit because they don’t want to have rebuild all the stuff they destroy. If they start getting real damage from missiles that’s over.


13 posted on 11/18/2024 4:44:24 PM PST by iamgalt
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To: rlmorel
I wonder what the blast radius of a Russian tactical nuke is?

The Ukies and their "advisors" had best be wondering, too - and not be around the launch sites for too long.

Or, if they're air-launched, best not be hanging around the home airfield.

14 posted on 11/18/2024 4:44:42 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: iamgalt

Kamikaze drones doing well...

https://youtu.be/fR1nWg8mi5k?si=DV_lH76tgxdF9ag6


15 posted on 11/18/2024 4:47:56 PM PST by Does so (Vote for The Anti-War President...🇺🇦...Dem☭crats...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Trying to eliminate global warming by offsetting it with nuclear winter.


16 posted on 11/18/2024 4:53:00 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: montag813
Trump is wise to stay silent on the issue.

Biden and Trump likely agreed on this step during their meeting last week in the White House. Trump staying uncharacteristically silent would be part of their arrangement.
17 posted on 11/18/2024 4:53:20 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Chad_the_Impaler
Biden and Trump likely agreed on this step during their meeting last week in the White House.

Sure. Trump will transform into Joe Biden on day one of his presidency.

18 posted on 11/18/2024 4:56:23 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gen Wesley Clark said it will help keep Kursk for a while but make no difference in the outcome of the war. He says this about Biden’s general war strategy: “War doesn’t work that way.”

I think O’Biden is just trying to delay the collapse until after he leaves office so Trump can be blamed.


19 posted on 11/18/2024 4:57:53 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Of course he’s staying silent. He’s already on record a dozen times warning about WW3. Does someone need to hear it again? Would it matter? No and no.


20 posted on 11/18/2024 4:58:27 PM PST by know.your.why
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