By Eliza Popova
Ukraine has long been using Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles provided by the United Kingdom and France to defeat a number of goals, including Russian factories and, perhaps, the Navy warships, as well as fuel and ammunition. Recently acquired by Ukraine US F-16 fighter jets are not compatible with Storm Shadow, which makes air forces dependent on its Su-24 Soviet Suvenate Airplanes. Supply of French Mirage 2000 will give Ukraine another type of aircraft capable of using such weapons.
Minister of Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecorton said this month that his country intends to send French planes Mirage 2000, produced by Dassault Aviation, in the first half of 2025, and the French newspaper La Tribune reported that the planes would be armed with rockets. Tim Robinson, a military aviation specialist at the Royal Aviation Society of Great Britain, told reporters that it is profitable for Ukraine to get more aircraft that can launch missiles.
"Obviously, you want to get Storm Shadow, but you need an air platform to start it," he said, adding that it is possible to launch from a greater height. The retired Major General of the US Army Gordon "Skip" Davis, who held the post of deputy assistant to the NATO Secretary General from the defense and investment department, said that the main thing in the promised Ukraine "Miras"-they will be able to launch Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles, Supported by the United Kingdom and France.
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