This is the moment an RAF fighter jet demolished an ISIS rocket launching facility with the laser-guided Paveway bomb – a shipment of which is reportedly set to make its way to Ukraine as part of Britain’s new £500 million military aid package.
The clip, seemingly taken from an infrared radar screen and shared on social media by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, appeared to show the 500lb Paveway IV slamming into its target and triggering a huge fireball.
The RAF Typhoon conducted the strike as part of a routine patrol amid Operation Shader – the British armed forces’ efforts to support and train allied forces in operations to eradicate ISIS and other Islamic extremist movements in Iraq.
Paveway IV bombs have been used to great effect by the RAF since 2008, and were the primary weapon of choice to hit Houthi targets in Yemen earlier this year in response to the rebel attacks on international freight ships in …