Thundart is the MBDA-Safran guided rocket-artillery munition and 8×8 launcher selected in June 2026 as France's sovereign FLP-T choice to replace the aging LRU — a 150 km, ITAR-free deep-strike capability France hopes to field around 2030.
Europe's air-superiority edge — the only operational ramjet air-to-air missile, whose throttleable engine keeps it accelerating to the target for a "no-escape zone" far larger than the AMRAAM's. Built by six European nations for the Typhoon, Rafale and Gripen — and now reaching Ukraine.
Combat-proven Ukrainian strike weapons are becoming NATO's shortcut around a deep-strike gap that Europe's own programs will not close until the 2030s.
Europe's largest missile house is co-developing a sovereign Ukrainian deep-strike weapon, not donating range-capped Western stock, a shift in how the continent arms Kyiv.
The British-French Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG is a stealthy, air-launched cruise missile designed to destroy hardened targets from stand-off range, and the weapon that gave Ukraine its first long-range deep-strike capability.
The Franco-Italian SAMP/T (Mamba) is Europe’s only long-range surface-to-air missile system with proven anti-ballistic-missile capability, fielding the Aster 30 interceptor and offering a road-mobile, 360° defense against aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles.