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 "slug": "uk-project-brakestop-mbda-mgi-rotron-ground-launched-strike-weapon-ukraine",
 "title": "Britain Picks MBDA, MGI and Rotron for Project Brakestop, a Sub-£400,000 Ground-Launched Strike Weapon Ranging Beyond 500 km",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-project-brakestop-mbda-mgi-rotron-ground-launched-strike-weapon-ukraine/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/uk-project-brakestop-mbda-mgi-rotron-ground-launched-strike-weapon-ukraine/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-22T17:09:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:31.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon, 22 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 22 June 2026 Britain's Ministry of Defence awarded three Project Brakestop second-phase contracts of about £15 million each to MBDA UK, the motorsport-engineering firm MGI Engineering and the SME Rotron Aerospace, to develop and produce a ground-launched deep-strike weapon for Ukraine\n * The weapon is specified to range at least 500 km, carry a warhead of at least 225 kg, fly faster than 600 km/h and cost around £400,000 a round excluding th",
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  "russia-ukraine-conflict",
  "stk-strike-long-range-fires"
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 "sources": [],
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  "mbda",
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