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• Alex Wickham
The UK is supplying Ukraine with more long-range Storm Shadow missiles to help disrupt Russian military operations targeting civilian infrastructure before winter, according to people familiar with the matter. The report gives no details on the number of missiles or delivery schedule.
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The UK is supplying Ukraine with more long-range Storm Shadow missiles to help disrupt Russian military operations targeting civilian infrastructure before winter, according to people familiar with the matter. The report gives no details on the number of missiles or delivery schedule.
Imagery of Borisoglebsk air base in Russia’s Voronezh region indicates a Ukrainian Neptune missile strike destroyed four Su-34 fighter-bombers and damaged two others during the night of Oct. 14–15. The evidence supports claims by Ukraine’s navy and President Volodymyr Zelensky, though one report gives a lower aircraft count.
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BAE Systems says its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kit can provide cost-effective precision-strike and counter-drone capabilities across aircraft, unmanned systems and ground platforms. The pitch positions a guided-rocket solution for multiple launch platforms as militaries seek ways to address aerial threats.
The agreement would make Avio USA a new solid rocket motor supplier for Lockheed Martin’s Extended Range GMLRS and Precision Strike Missile programs. The companies say the expanded U.S. production is intended to increase missile output and ease supply constraints; other coverage also describes Lockheed’s work on future interceptor capabilities.
Keel says its precision machining, steel fabrication and complex-integration capabilities serve naval, land, aerospace and space applications. The article’s title points to a constraint beyond demand for missiles and radar, but the available summary does not specify what that constraint is.
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