Editing Storm Shadow (section)

{{Short description|Franco-British cruise missile}}
{{About|the cruise missile|the fictional character|Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)|other uses|Stormshadow (disambiguation){{!}}Stormshadow}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Storm Shadow/SCALP EG
| image              = RAF Museum, Colindale, London - DSC06025.JPG
| image_size         = 300
| alt                = 
| caption            = A missile displayed in the [[Royal Air Force Museum London|RAF Museum, London]]
| type               = [[Air-launched cruise missile]]
| origin             = France<br />United Kingdom
<!-- Type selection -->| is_missile         = y
| is_UK              = y
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 2003–present
| used_by            = See [[#Operators|operators]]
| wars               = {{Tree list}}
* [[Iraq War]]
* [[Libyan civil war (2011)|Libyan Civil War]]
** [[2011 military intervention in Libya]]
* [[Syrian civil war|Syrian Civil War]]
** [[US intervention in the Syrian civil war]]
* [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]]
* [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]
** [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
* [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict]]
{{Tree list/end}}
<!-- Production history -->| designer           = [[Matra BAe Dynamics]]
| design_date        = 1994–2001
| manufacturer       = [[MBDA]]
| unit_cost          = {{Currency|2.0M|code=POUND STERLING}} (FY2023) ({{Currency|2.5M|code=USD}})<ref name="Sabbagh 2023 l478">{{cite web | last=Sabbagh | first=Dan | title=British-led coalition hopes to supply longer-range missiles to Ukraine | website=the Guardian | date=9 May 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/09/british-led-coalition-hoping-to-supply-longer-range-missiles-to-ukraine | access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
| production_date    = 
| number             = 
| variants           = <!-- General specifications -->
| mass               = {{cvt|1300|kg|lb}}
| length             = {{cvt|5.1|m|ftin}}
| width              = {{cvt|630|mm|in}}
| height             = {{cvt|480|mm|in}}
<!-- Explosive specifications -->| filling            = Multistage [[BROACH warhead|BROACH]] penetration warhead
| filling_weight     = {{convert|450|kg|lbs}}
| detonation         = 
| yield              = <!-- Missile specifications -->
| engine             = [[Microturbo TRI 60|Microturbo TRI 60-30]] turbojet
| engine_power       = {{cvt|5.4|kN}}
| pw_ratio           = 
| payload_capacity   = 
| fuel_capacity      = 
| vehicle_range      = {{cvt|550|km|mi nmi|0}}<ref>{{cite web|website=CSIS Missile Threat|url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/apache-ap/#:~:text=SCALP%20EG%2F%20Storm%20Shadow%20Specifications&text=The%20missiles%20are%205.1%20m,250-400%20km.13.|title=SCALP EG / Storm Shadow / SCALP Naval / Black Shaheen / APACHE AP}}</ref>
| speed              = {{cvt|0.95|Mach|m/sec ft/sec}}
| guidance           = [[GPS]], [[Inertial navigation system|INS]], [[Imaging infrared|IIR]] & [[TERPROM]]
| steering           = 6 [[tailplane]]s (4 vertical & 2 horizontal)
<!-- Missiles only -->| wingspan           = {{cvt|3|m|ftin}}
| propellant         = 
| ceiling            = 
| altitude           = 
| boost              = 
| depth              = 
| accuracy           = 
| launch_platform    = 
| transport          = [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]], [[Dassault Rafale|Rafale]], [[Su-24]], [[Panavia Tornado|Tornado]], [[Eurofighter Typhoon|Typhoon]], [[Gripen]]
<!-- For all -->| ref                = [[Janes Information Services|Janes]]<ref>{{Citation |author=[[Janes Information Services|Janes]] |url=https://customer.janes.com/display/JALW2901-JALW |title=Scalp/Storm Shadow |date=19 May 2023 |website=Janes Weapons: Air Launched |publisher=Jane's Group UK Limited. |publication-place=[[Coulsdon]], [[Surrey]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref> & [[The Daily Telegraph|''The Telegraph'']]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Danielle |last2=Nicholls |first2=Dominic |last3=Holl-Allen |first3=Genevieve |date=11 May 2023 |title=Britain is first nation to send long-range missiles to Ukraine |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/11/britain-send-ukraine-long-range-missiles-storm-shadow/ |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=[[London]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kilner |first=James |date=13 May 2023 |title='Nightmare' for Russia as Ukraine strikes base with British Storm Shadow missiles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/05/13/storm-shadow-missiles-strike-far-behind-russian-lines/ |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |location=[[London]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
}}

The '''Storm Shadow''' is a [[France|Franco]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] [[stealth technology|low-observable]], long-range [[air-launched cruise missile]] developed since 1994 by [[Matra]] and [[British Aerospace]], and now manufactured by [[MBDA]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=The U.K. Has Given Ukraine the Storm Shadow: A Western Missile on a Soviet Warbird |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a43864887/uk-gives-ukraine-storm-shadow-long-range-missile/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Popular Mechanics |language=en-US}}</ref> "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name; in France it is called '''SCALP-EG''' (which stands for "''Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée – Emploi Général''"; [[English language|English]]: "Long Range Autonomous Cruise Missile System – General Purpose"). The missile is based on the French-developed [[MBDA Apache|Apache]] [[anti-runway bomb|anti-runway]] cruise missile, but differs in that it carries a unitary warhead instead of [[cluster munition]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title=Apache (Anti-Runway Cruise Missile)| website=Armed Forces Europe | url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/Europeandefence/edequipment/edmis/edmis3a3.htm | access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>

To meet the requirement issued by the [[French Ministry of Defence]] for a more potent cruise missile capable of being launched from surface vessels and submarines, and able to strike strategic and military targets from extended standoff ranges with even greater precision, MBDA France began development of the ''[[MdCN|Missile de Croisière Naval]]'' ("Naval Cruise Missile") or ''MdCN'' in 2006 to complement the SCALP. The first firing test took place in July 2013 and was successful.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Press-release-2013-07-05-FR.pdf|title=Nouveau succès pour le missile de croisière naval|date=4 July 2013|publisher=Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) (France)}}</ref> The MdCN has been operational on French [[FREMM]] frigates since 2017 and also equips France's [[Barracuda-class submarine (France)|Barracuda nuclear attack submarines]], which entered operational service in 2022. However, MdCN is not a derivative of the Storm Shadow, but a distinct missile.

In 2017, a joint contract to upgrade the respective Storm Shadow/SCALP stockpiles in French and British service was signed. It is expected to sustain the missile until its planned withdrawal from service in 2032.<ref>{{cite web | title=MOD signs £146 million contract to upgrade RAF's long-range missile | website=UK Government – Defence and armed forces| date=22 February 2017 | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-signs-146-million-contract-to-upgrade-rafs-long-range-missile}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MBDA se voit confier la rénovation à mi-vie du SCALP | website=Air & Cosmos| date=24 February 2017 | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-signs-146-million-contract-to-upgrade-rafs-long-range-missile}}</ref>

Since 2023, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Storm Shadow missiles have been supplied to Ukraine in large quantities. Multiple Russian ships have been either sunk or heavily damaged by them. {{cn|date=September 2024}}

France, the UK and [[Italy]] are together developing the [[Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon]] (FC/ASW) to replace SCALP/Storm Shadow and each nation's respective [[anti-ship missile]]s by 2028 and 2034.