Storm Shadow - SCALP EG Cruise Missile

Storm Shadow is British, French and Italian air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA. Storm Shadow is the British name for the weapon; in French service it is called SCALP EG (Emploi Général, meaning General Purpose). The missile is based on the earlier MBDA Apache anti-runway missile, and differs in that it carries a warhead, rather than submunitions.

The Storm Shadow stealthy missile has a range in excess of 250 kilometres (155 mi), is powered by a turbojet at Mach 0.8 and can be carried by the Panavia Tornado RAF Tornado GR4, Saab Gripen, Italian Tornado IDS, Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Mirage 2000 and Dassault Rafale aircraft. The F-35 Lightning II will also carry the missile once the aircraft enters service. The BROACH warhead features an initial penetrating charge to clear soil or enter a bunker, then a variable delay fuze to control detonation of the main warhead. The missile weighs about 1,300 kilograms (2,866 lb) has a maximum body diameter of 48 cm and a wingspan of 3 metres (9.8 ft). Intended targets are command, control and communications; airfields; ports and power stations; AMS/ammunition storage; ships/submarines in port; bridges and other high-value strategic targets.

It is a fire and forget missile, programmed before launch. Once launched, the missile cannot be controlled, its target information changed or be self-destroyed. Mission planners programme the missile with the target air defences and target. The missile follows a path semi-autonomously, on a low flight path guided by GPS and terrain matching to the area of the target.

Close to the target, the missile bunts, climbing to an altitude intended to achieve the best probability of target identification and penetration. During the bunt, the nose cone is jettisoned to allow a high resolution infrared camera to observe the target area (the bunt enlarges the field of vision). The missile then tries to locate its target based upon its targeting information. If it can not, and there is a high risk of collateral damage, it will fly to a crash point instead of risking inaccuracy.

Storm Shadow/SCALP EG
Type	Long-range, air-to-surface missile
Place of origin	France, Italy, United Kingdom
Service history
In service	2002- present
Used by	See Inventory
Production history
Manufacturer	MBDA
Unit cost	Italy have paid $270 million for 200. French senate indicates a cost of €800,000 per unit.
Specifications
Weight	1,230 kg
Length	5.1 m
Diameter	0.48 m
Warhead	450 kg BROACH (Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented CHarge)
Engine	Turbomeca Microturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet, producing 5.4 kN thrust
Wingspan	2.84 m
Operational range	over 250 km
Flight altitude	30–40 m
Speed	1,000 km/h Mach 0.8
Guidance system	Inertial, GPS and TERPROM. Terminal guidance using imaging infrared
Launch platform	Panavia Tornado Eurofighter Typhoon Mirage 2000 Rafale