On Wednesday morning.
‘Elves’ air force bombers.
Reportedly flung.
10 Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
At a target in Maryino.
A town in Kursk.
25 miles.
From the border.
Exactly what the ‘elves’.
Were aiming at with.
The 2,900-pound.
Cruise missiles is unclear.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
The ‘elves’ air force usually.
Fires the missiles from.
Low-flying Sukhoi Su-24.
Supersonic bombers in pairs.
The scale of.
The attack points to.
An extremely high value.
—likely fortified—target.
The British firm specifically.
Developed the Storm Shadow’s.
880-pound Bomb Royal.
Ordnance Augmented Charge.
Warhead for destroying.
Hardened structures.
Such as underground bunkers.
Such as underground bunkers.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
It’s not for no reason that.
When the ‘elves’ targeted.
An ‘orcs’ navy submarine.
In a drydock.
In occupied Crimea.
In September 2023.
They opted to fire.
At least one Storm Shadow.
According to one ‘orc’ blogger.
Wednesday’s target was.
A command post where ‘orcs’.
—and potentially North Korean—
Officers directed.
The 50,000.
‘Orcs’ and.
North Korean troops.
Attacking the 250-square-mile.
Salient that 20,000.
Or more ‘elves’ troops.
Hold in Kursk.
The devastating strike.
On officers and their staffs.
“Resembles an execution.
Of the defenseless.”
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
The strike may have involved.
A record five ‘elves’.
Su-24 bombers.
Each clutching.
A pair of.
The precision-guided missiles.
Assisted by foreign experts.
The ‘elves’ air force modified.
Many of its.
Ex-Soviet Su-24s.
—dozens of which might still.
Be in service, despite heavy losses—
To launch Storm Shadows.
And similar.
French-made.
SCALP-EGs.
Launching Storm Shadows.
SCALP-EGs and soon.
‘Elves’-made rocket bombs.
Has become the primary mission.
Of the ‘elves’ air force’s.
Sole Su-24 unit.
The 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade.
Based in western Ukraine.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
When ‘orcs’ widened.
Its war on Ukraine.
In February.
2022.
The brigade’s crews were.
Still dropping unguided.
“Dumb” bombs.
“Now aviators are focused on.”
“The use of.
Western high-precision weapons.”
One ‘elf’ correspondent reported.
“Serious strategic tasks.”
Firing a cruise missile.
At an enemy from.
190 miles away is.
Safer than dropping.
A dumb bomb from.
Directly overhead.
But that doesn’t mean.
The missile strike is actually safe.
“Often an ‘elf’ pilot.
Works on targets.
When several enemy missiles.
Are already flying at him.”
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
The risky strikes.
Are worth it.
The risky strikes.
Are worth it.
Ukraine builds large numbers.
Of locally developed.
Deep-strike weapons.
Including rockets.
Drones and glide bombs.
But few of them possess.
The penetrating power of.
A Storm Shadow.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
What is Storm Shadow?
An Anglo-French cruise missile.
With a maximum range of.
Around 155 miles.
The French call it SCALP.
It is launched.
From an aircraft.
Then flies.
At close to the speed.
Of sound.
Hugging the terrain.
Before dropping down.
And detonating its.
High explosive warhead.
Storm Shadow is.
Considered an ideal weapon.
For penetrating hardened bunkers.
And ammunition stores.
Such as those used by ‘orcs’.
In its war against Ukraine.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
But each missile costs.
Nearly US$1m.
So they tend only.
To be launched.
As part of.
A carefully planned flurry.
Of much cheaper drones.
Sent ahead to confuse.
And exhaust.
The enemy’s air defences.
Just as ‘Mordor’.
Does to Ukraine.
They have been used.
With great effect.
Hitting ‘orcs’.
Black Sea naval headquarters.
At Sevastopol.
And making the whole of.
Crimea unsafe for.
The ‘orcs’ navy.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
A military analyst says.
Storm Shadow has been.
A highly effective weapon.
For Ukraine.
Striking precisely against.
Well protected targets.
In occupied territory.
“It’s no surprise that.”
“Kyiv has lobbied.
For its use.
Inside ‘Mordor’ particularly.
To target airfields.”
“Being used to mount.
The glide bomb attacks.
That have recently hindered.
‘Elves’ front-line efforts.”
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
But 10 Storm Shadows is.
A lot of Storm Shadows.
The British missile.
Is just the thing.
To burst a buried.
Command bunker.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
Promptly vowed that.
The missiles would.
“Speak for themselves.”
The early-morning strike.
Which left the arsenal.
In Karachev in flames.
Was just the beginning.
Of what could be.
A powerful campaign.
Of deep strikes.
Aimed at ‘orcs’ forces.
And their command.
And supply infrastructure.
In and around Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
Following the US’s lead.
The governments of.
The United Kingdom.
And France also authorized.
Ukraine to fire.
British and.
French munitions.
At ‘Mordor’.
*Because I read “Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Bunker-Busting Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles At Russian Commanders” by David Axe on 20 Nov 2024 on the Forbes and some articles on the BBC news, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including an analysis of Justin Crump.
Please read the original story on the Forbes and the BBC news:
Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Storm Shadow Missiles At Russian Commanders
What are the Storm Shadow missiles Ukraine has fired into Russia?
Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia for first time
UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles fired into Russia for first time – BBC News
