A Royal Air Force mission has visited Israel to look into the feasibility of purchasing Israel Aerospace Industries’ Rampage air-launched cruise missile to replace the Storm Shadow missiles it has given to Ukraine. Rampage costs much less than Sorm Shadow and can be delivered much faster.
Britain is looking to buy the advanced Israeli-made Rampage supersonic missile, The National can disclose.
A team of Royal Air Force officers and Defence Equipment and Support technicians are understood to have visited Israel to examine the weapon, with a view to mounting it on the Typhoon fighter jet.
Experts believe that the RAF is seeking a rapid and effective missile to help boost its “lethality” and replenish its stocks after sending a number of its Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine.
The Rampage is similarly capable of penetrating Russian-made defence systems.
The rocket-powered Rampage has the ability to fly at 2,000kph with a range of up to 300km, according to defence sources, and is near-impossible to stop.