How Will Russia Respond? As British Long-Range Missiles Begin To Hit Russian Targets

ULTRA-LONG-RANGE STORM SHADOW MISSILE WREAKING HAVOC WITH 100% ACCURACY IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT

Christopher Plain

The Ukraine Ministry of Defense says that the ultra-long-range Storm Shadow missiles recently provided by Britain have already been wreaking havoc on Russian targets with stunning accuracy. Designed to strike at long-range, fixed-location targets, Storm Shadow has reportedly hit 100% of its targets since Ukrainian forces started using the cutting-edge, guided missile earlier this month.

In a Tweet sent by the Defense of Ukraine account and attributed to Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, the country defending itself against a Russian invasion for over a year, says, “Storm Shadow long-range missiles have hit 100% of the targets identified by the General Staff.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Russia says that the 100% statistic is inaccurate and that their forces have already successfully downed two of the Storm Shadow missiles. That report is unsubstantiated.

If the Ukranian report is accurate, this is quite a success rate, especially since Storm Shadow is designed to hit targets as far as 150+ miles away. For comparison, the satellite-guided HIMARS missile built by the U.S. is rated at a solid 50 miles.

According to MBDA Missile Systems, which manufactures Storm Shadow, the missile “is operated from Tornado, Rafale, Mirage 2000 and in the future from Eurofighter Typhoon (aircraft).” The company also says the missile is 5’ 10” long and weighs 1,300 kilograms, giving it a seriously potent payload designed to wreak havoc on its targets.

“Storm Shadow / SCALP is the air-launched long-range, conventionally armed, deep strike weapon, designed to meet the demanding requirements of pre-planned attacks against high value fixed or stationary targets,” the company’s site explains. “Able to be operated in extreme conditions, the weapon offers operators a highly flexible, deep-strike capability based around a sophisticated mission planning system.”

The success of Storm Shadow comes on the heels of boasts by Russian forces that their own Kinzhal Missile, whose range and impact power are unclear, was essentially “unstoppable” and would dramatically swing the tide of the conflict. In reality, Ukrainian forces say that they have already shot down six of the supposedly unstoppable missiles.

Red Line Crossed! HIMARS Shell Fired into Belgorad, Russia

Hal Turner

Ukraine/NATO/US have finally done it; they have fired a long-range HIMARS-type shell into Russia proper - Belgorad.  The image above shows the fragment of a shell shot down by Russian air defenses in Belgorad.  The warhead fragment appears to have come from either a HIMARS or a US M-270 MLRS.   

Months ago, when the West announced it would be supplying Ukraine with longer range ammunition and rockets, specifically the HIMARS MLRS, Russia publicly responded by saying "If those weapons are used against Russian territory, the nations states which supplied them to Ukraine, will be hit.

That moment seems to have now arrived.  

But, why now?

The simple truth was voiced by the head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, just this very day.   Stoltenberg said publicly today "The Ukrainians are asking for more and more, and we are mobilizing reserves. It will be a tragedy for Ukraine and dangerous for us if Putin wins."

In saying this for the first time, publicly, Stoltenberg now admits that Putin winning is a very real situation!   Think about that for a moment.  For months, this same Stoltenberg has been telling everyone "Ukraine is winning.":  or "Russia is losing."

The propaganda mill in the West has been spewing out daily doses of . . . .

- Russia is running out of missiles, 

- Russia is running out of ammunition,

- Russia is running out of tanks,

and, of course . . .

- Putin is dying of cancer,

- Putin is dying from Parkinson's Disease,

- Putin is facing an internal revolt, he's going to be overthrown.

ALL of that . . . was false.   ALL OF IT!   The West made it all up out of whole cloth.  It was a Psy-Op; designed to bolster public support in the West, and maybe sew doubt in Russia.   Yet week after week, month after month, Russia has shown it has plenty of missile, plenty of ammunition, plenty of tanks and continues to win new territory in Ukraine despite all the efforts of NATO

Put simply, Russia is winning.

Stoltenberg's remark today acknowledges that reality.

And on the very day that Stoltenberg acknowledges that Putin might "win" what happens?   A Russian Red Line gets crossed by Ukraine.  The firing of a HIMARS shell into Russia proper.  THIS HIMARS SHELL:

This single act, shows that NATO is now desperate.  NATO needs an excuse to get directly involved.  NATO **** NEEDS **** Russia to attack because that's Ukraine's only hope.   

Ukraine has zero chance of winning.  In fact, Ukraine is losing so badly, they may not even exist as a country anymore.

The __only__ hope that Ukraine has is if NATO gets directly involved in the war, but that would mean World War 3 for the rest of us, and frankly, Ukraine isn't worth it . . . at least to those of us who are thinking, rational people!

But the NATO geeks don't seem to be thinking, or rational.

There are some idiots in NATO, and in NATO-member countries, that actually believe their own echo chamber propaganda.  They WANT an actual war because they're ignorant enough to think it can be won.  It cannot.

The sooner NATO stops assisting Ukraine, the sooner Ukraine can sue for peace and end this deadly, useless conflict.

The rest of us now have to worry that more HIMARS or other long-range weapons, will continue to be fired into Russia, and that Russia may end up HAVING to hit us to put a stop to it.

Trouble is, Russia would have to hit us HARD.  With nukes.  I think that's exactly what's coming.  We will have brought it upon ourselves.