Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée - Emploi Général — a stealthy conventionally-armed deep-strike cruise missile with a range exceeding 560 km (export: 250 km). Powered by a Turbomeca Microturbo TRI 60-30 turbojet with terrain-following radar and TERPROM navigation for low-level penetration. Features DSMAC (Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation) terminal guidance with IR imaging for precision strike against hardened and high-value targets. The BROACH tandem penetrator warhead can defeat buried bunkers. Weighs 1,300 kg. Launched from Rafale (France), Typhoon, and Tornado (UK as Storm Shadow). Combat-proven in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine.
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- BROACH warhead penetrates hardened and deeply buried targets
- Terrain-following flight profile reduces detection probability
- IR terminal seeker provides precision against mobile targets
- Combat-proven in Libya, Syria, and Iraq
- Subsonic speed — vulnerable to modern air defenses
- High unit cost (~€850,000+)
- Stocks depleted by operations — slow production replenishment
- Being superseded by future FMAN/FMC deep strike program
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