# SCALP / Storm Shadow

Type: Technology

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## Timeline

- **2026-08**: UK PM authorizes MBDA SCALP component disclosure — Andy Burnham announces in Kiev that MBDA may disclose British SCALP component information to Ukraine, enabling potential transfer of blueprints, components, assembly kits or finished missiles.
- **2025**: Milanion Group unveils Flamingo missile design — British-Emirati Milanion Group reveals a missile design later marketed by Ukrainian firm Fire Point as the Flamingo, allowing London to distance itself from the missile's development and deployment.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### UK's 3 Brakestop Missile Prototypes Aim to Cut U.S. Approval
2026-09-05 20:17:10 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

The UK has moved from covert missile support to open industrial integration with Ukraine, authorizing MBDA to disclose SCALP component data and commissioning three Brakestop long-range missile prototypes. For space and defense professionals, it signals a structural shift toward European strike systems outside US export controls.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/uk-scalp-transfer-3-brakestop-prototypes-space-defense

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