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BAE Systems is developing a new type of depth charge designed for deployment from UAVs. The weapon consists of a small cylindrical container packing an explosive charge and a triggering mechanism activating the blast at the designated depth. The weapon is in an advanced development phase and has...
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The CAESAR is a kind of sniper gun. But the construction is tricky:
  • The steel is very special, the production is complicated and a significant part of the cast ingots are discarded. The grade to be produced is difficult to achieve.
  • The shaping of the preforms is time-consuming, due to the characteristics of the steel and in order not to change the properties of the metal.
  • The drilling of the barrel is complicated because of the length. We are at the limit of what we know how to do.
  • The machining of the chamber is very sensitive, there is only one machine and it takes expert workers (precise machining by hand and control of each pass with a laser). The slightest overshoot in depth and the barrel is downgraded (a year's work in the bin)
  • the barrel is then straightened by a specialised company, to ensure concentricity and straightness, also a manual operation.
Basically we can do faster with more tolerance but we lose the precision of the gun, no more caesar "sniper".
 
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Storm Shadow deep strike missile on Ukrainian supersonic Fencer​

By Boyko Nikolov On Nov 1, 2022

The Ukrainian Air Force is awaiting the integration of a new supersonic missile. After the HARM AGM-88 was successfully used by Ukrainian MiGs to strike the Russian Saki airbase in Crimea, Kyiv hopes the new weapon will further increase the productivity of Ukrainian strikes.

Poland is the integrator country that has undertaken the mission to field the Storm Shadow air-launched long-range, conventionally armed, deep-strike missile, known by its acronym SCALP. The missile is designed by the French company MBDA.

There is still no official information on which of the two repair plants the integration will take place – the WZL military plants in Warsaw and Bydgoszcz, or the PZL plant in Mielec.

About Storm Shadow​

Storm Shadow is designed to deal with bunkers, corner infrastructure, and moving or fixed targets. The missile’s navigation system is a combination of INS, GPS and terrain referencing. SCALP is over 5 meters long and weighs around 1,300 kg. Powered by a turbojet engine, its range is over 250 km. The missile’s warhead is a blast/penetrator type.

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The French missile could provide an advantage to the Ukrainian warplane during a mission. Its ability to engage targets beyond visual range, as well as its low radar signature, makes it stealthy, difficult to identify, and intercept accordingly. Last but not least, the SCALP flies at low altitudes, eliminating much of the enemy’s radar capability.

The integration will be small​

Militarymonitoring.com says that not all fighters or combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force will receive a SCALP missile. As a probable reason, the online portal claims the price of the rocket – is 1.4 million dollars. It is currently known that at least one Ukrainian supersonic Su-24 Fencer will receive SCALP integration. The source claims that it will be a fighter from the inventory of the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Storm Shadow’s future involvement in the war in Ukraine will not be a debut. On the contrary, the missile has already launched airstrikes from the wings of the Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage 2000, and Tornado against enemy targets in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
 
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France ordered 500 SCALP-EG missiles in January 1998. Originally, it was estimated that 400 missiles would be upgraded by MBDA for the French forces and delivered between 2018 and 2021, but the 2014-2019 military programming law only provided for 100 upgraded missiles in a joint programme with the UK. So we have about 350 that we do not want to upgrade and that are still usable.
 
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Picdelamirand-oil said:
France ordered 500 SCALP-EG missiles in January 1998. Originally, it was estimated that 400 missiles would be upgraded by MBDA for the French forces and delivered between 2018 and 2021, but the 2014-2019 military programming law only provided for 100 upgraded missiles in a joint programme with the UK. So we have about 350 that we do not want to upgrade and that are still usable.
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So this would basically mean that they can't park any ships at Sevastopol.
 
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