Standoff weapons

Air Power Association President, Air Marshal (Ret’d) Greg Bagwell CB, CBE looks at the evolution of long-range strike weapons, which play an increasingly important role in modern air forces. Commander’s Update Brief ing An instrumented Storm Shadow test missile is readied for flight on board a Typhoon – the Italian Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 2 – prior to launch over the Hebrides range. The Storm Shadow is part of the Typhoon’s Phase 2 Enhancement (P2E) programme that will introduce various