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 "slug": "uk-mbda-scalp-data-release-france-ukraine-assembly",
 "title": "London Clears MBDA to Release Classified SCALP Component Data So France and Ukraine Can Assemble the Missile",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-mbda-scalp-data-release-france-ukraine-assembly/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-mbda-scalp-data-release-france-ukraine-assembly/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-24T20:19:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-27T20:20:07.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 24 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Prime Minister Andy Burnham, on his first foreign trip, announced in Kyiv on 24 August that the UK government has agreed MBDA may release classified data on SCALP's British-origin components\n * The release lets France and Ukraine assemble the SCALP missile — the French-built sibling of Storm Shadow, sharing British and French technology — inside Ukraine\n * Burnham: \"I'm pleased to confirm today that I have approved that request,\" describing it",
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  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
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 "sources": [],
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  "france",
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  "russia",
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