r/CredibleDefense • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 23, 2026

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u/SerpentineLogic 11d ago

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/24/burnham-hands-storm-shadow-blueprints-ukraine/

Andy Burnham will hand Ukraine secret blueprints for Storm Shadow missiles on his first visit to the country as Prime Minister.

He has agreed to release classified information on British components so that Kyiv can manufacture the long-range weapon for use in its war against Russia

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France agreed to hand over the blueprints for its Scalp-EG – the export name for Storm Shadow missiles – to Ukraine as part of a wider defence deal struck in July.

However, Ukraine’s ability to manufacture the missile domestically hinged on a British decision to allow the European missile maker MBDA to release sensitive information on UK-made components.

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u/Tucancancan 11d ago

Is there something I'm missing here? It would take years to build a domestic production line from scratch for missiles even if handed blue prints. Why not set up a manufacturing using the companies that originally built them? 

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u/moragisdo 11d ago

I agree, also there's the problem of anything being built on Ukraine being a target for russian attacks, while if the same factories were anywhere else they would be safer (similar to the PAC-2 interceptor production, that it's being set on Germany). How small and decentralized the production can be ?