The U.K. Will Attack ISIS With a Missile the U.S. Could Only Dream Of
While American forces fire the trusty Hellfire, British jets are going to drop the precision Brimstone missile on ISIS forces in Syria. So why doesn't the U.S. have this missile?
By David Hambling
Dec 4, 2015 @ 10:46 AM
Military Weapons
​While the British Parliament was debating this week whether to join in airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, one weapon was mentioned repeatedly: Brimstone. In a 36-page report, Prime Minister David Cameron said, "The Brimstone missile which enables us to strike accurately with low collateral damage, therefore increasing the scope for strikes against specific ISIL targets—even the U.S. do not possess this capability."
Indeed, Brimstone proved itself and its capability against tanks in Libya, to the point that the British paper The Telegraph called it the "British missile envied by the U.S." But if the Brimstone really is so great, then why doesn't the US have it?
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18410/brimstone-missile-uk-david-cameron-isis/