Germany has difficulties with the transfer of TAURUS missiles to Ukraine, and stocks of Anglo-French Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG are declining

August 10 2023 2

Before the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine requested from Germany long-range German-Swedish air-to-surface cruise missiles TAURUS KEPD 350/150, but Berlin has still not agreed to transfer ammunition to Kiev, already worth more than $1 million apiece. Iranian international journalist Khayal Muazzin drew attention to what was happening, who on August 10 published a message on his Telegram channel on this and related issues.

The journalist noted that the ammunition of the Target Adaptive Unitary & Dispenser Robotic Ubiquity System / Kinetic Energy Penetrating Destroyer family has a range of "500+" km. At the same time, the FRG had 600 pieces of such ammunition of various modifications, accumulated and consumed over several decades.

But according to German officials, only 150 are now functioning and in working order. On the other hand, stocks of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and French SCALP-EG have begun to decline due to deliveries to Ukraine and are expected to reach a level of less than 100 units in the near future.

- he specified.

The media representative suggested that one of the reasons France's refusal to invade Niger are the difficulties with the security of ammunition. The opening of a new front could become a real security crisis for the country for Paris. According to him, within 5 months the French squandered 5 years of military production.

At the moment, Niger is becoming the main base of the eastern alliance, thanks to the open hostility towards it from the United States and France. Soon you can hear about the launch by Iran of factories for the production of drones in the country

- he added.

In his opinion, all this may force Russia to think about making new decisions that will be aimed at maintaining the NMD in Ukraine.

Note that the Spanish Air Force also has a number of TAURUS cruise missiles, integrating them with the weapons system of the Eurofighter fighters. As for Iran, a new development was recently presented in this country - the Ya Ali supersonic cruise missile with a flight range of 700 km and a warhead weighing 200 kg, which can be launched both from the ground and from an air carrier.