The system uses two launchers (pylons) from Soviet fighter jets to launch R-73 infrared-guided missiles, which Ukraine has in sufficient numbers.
Interestingly, two complexes have already been used by the Ukrainian military and, according to reports, have been successfully used on the front line. Another 15 Gravehawk systems will be delivered to Ukraine this fiscal year.
The cost of one system is about 1 million pounds (~$1.25 million), half of which is paid by Denmark.





by Volter318

15 comments

  2. Thank you UK♥️🇪🇺

    If that unit only costs $1 million, that’s cheap. i can see lots of potential for export

  4. Technically, Putin is making Europe safer.
    Out of his own narcissistic stupidity but still.

  5. Didn’t we laugh about Kim’s box truck rocket launcher?

    actually not that far away

  6. shipping container also genius for them being able to setup decoys.

  7. Great sign the uk can still build something in a relatively short time period, without the usual level of bureaucratic ineptitude.

    Let’s hope this works effectively for ukraine in real battlefield conditions. they are ultimately the final test.

  8. It’s not often I get to feel proud of my country, but today I am! The UK stands with Ukraine till the end! Thank you to all the brave Ukrainians for keeping Europe safe from tyranny. 🇬🇧🇺🇦

  10. Say what you will about the UK, but we always come up with awesome names for our weapons.

  11. Gravehawk, Storm Shadow, Dragonfire; Britain knows how to name it’s shit.

    Inb4 we get the Skyripper drone and the Thundercunt missile.

  12. Really hope they are manufactured in Salisbury, that would be poetic

  13. I hope they can be mass produced. 15 sounds like demo phase. Imaging hundreds or even more of these. Shahed might become nearly obsolete.

  15. Ha! The control unit has a game controller.

    Looks very simple. I’m guessing most of the cost is probably to cover the development. Ukraine already has a stockpile of these 20km ranged air to air missiles and they’re available on the arms market so developing a system to launch them from the ground is brilliant.

    I think the military is heading in the direction of using standard shipping containers for a lot of things. The new U.S. Typhon launcher for Tomahawk missiles also uses an ISO shipping container. Makes so much sense since you can use civilian infrastructure, shipping and even trucks that are all designed around the container standards for transport if you need to.

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