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DISPATCH 04/26 · 23 Oct 2026
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SPEAR / SPEAR3

MBDA's compact UK air-launched cruise missile is in early manufacture but has not yet entered British operational service.

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Mistral

Mistral is a French infrared-guided very-short-range air-defense missile family used from tripod, vehicle, naval and helicopter launchers against aircraft, helicopters, drones and cruise missiles.

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Exocet

The Exocet is a French family of high-subsonic, sea-skimming anti-ship missiles fielded in ship-, air-, submarine- and coast-launched forms, with the latest MM40 Block 3c adding land-attack capability and a new electronic-warfare-resilient seeker.

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Brimstone

Brimstone is a British precision attack missile with radar and laser guidance, designed for moving targets and adapted by Ukraine for ground launch against Russian armour.

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CAMM / Sea Ceptor

CAMM is a British modular surface-to-air missile family fielded at sea as Sea Ceptor and on land through Sky Sabre, combining active guidance with a soft vertical launch system.

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Thundart

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.

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Meteor

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.

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Storm Shadow

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.

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SAMP/T

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.