Addition Of Storm Shadow Cruise Missile Seen Strengthening Typhoon
November 10 2015
For the first time, a Eurofighter Typhoon has successfully fired a Storm Shadow cruise missile, reports BAE Systems.
An instrumented production aircraft launched the missile as part of a program led by Italian firm Alenia Aermacchi to demonstrate the full integration of the weapon with the jet.
The trials were conducted Friday at the U.K.'s Aberporth firing range on the western coast of Wales. The Eurofighter consortium announced the successful test on Monday.
The testing...
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