UK announces deliveries of 400km range Storm Shadow conventional-only precision missiles to #Ukraine ahead of their counteroffensive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65558070
UK confirms supply of Storm Shadow long-range missiles in Ukraine

The Storm Shadow cruise missile will give Ukraine new capabilities in its conflict with Russia.

BBC News
The people involved in these discussions and deliveries have aged by about 7000 years in the past six months, so sincere kudos to all of them for getting to here.
@Pwnallthethings Indeed. Great news, very happy to hear it.

@Pwnallthethings Even just having them will have a quality of its own. Russia now has to react to their mere existence. And in select locations where they fail to, they get a big reminder.

It could be as simple as giving them five. Setting an example with three. Then enjoying the Russian logistics migraine that follows.

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Could you add the alt text for this for those who need it?

You should be able to just edit it in (edit button on the picture), and it since this is plain text, it should even have a button for automatically generating.

@Pwnallthethings still based on Ukraine promising not to use them on Russian territory. Its absurd that Russia gets to hit Ukrainian apartment blocks with high-precision standoff munitions while Ukraine can't use western weapons to hit military targets inside Russia.

@florian @Pwnallthethings

So much this. Stop holding Ukraine back. That would be worth far more than a handful of new missiles.

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I wonder what Sun Tsu has to say about telling your enemy your plans?
@zl2tod I'll have to check my notes, but not sure Sun Tzu had a lot to say about 400km air-to-ground-launched cruise missiles
@Pwnallthethings Excellent news! It’s been far too long since the big ammo depot explosions from the early HIMARS days, time for a sequel. The UK has been coming through from the start, big props to them.