Fire Point
While Ukraine’s allies are struggling on how to provide her security guarantees, Kiev advances with her own way of keeping Russia at a distance – a new cruise missile capable of reaching all European Russia, with a massive warhead that weighs more than one ton.
A missile that can fly 3000 km does not need to have a scary name, says the CEO of the Ukrainian Defense Company Fire Point, who developed the Ukrainian missile Flamingo FP5: “Effectiveness matters more than having an intimidating name.”
The new Cruise missile, the most ambitious defense project so far in Ukraine, is a domestically produced weapon capable of carrying a massive warhead of 1150 kilograms through the entire territory of European Russia.
The missile represents a significant climbing in the ability of Ukraine of counter Russian targetswhile the country’s allies continue to discuss safety guarantees.
Flamingo, recently presented in an interview by the Fire Point executive director, Iryna Terekhit was created in less than nine months – from conceptual study to tests on the battlefield.
The unconventional name of the missile and the tip of the originally pink warva reflect what Terekh calls “Company’s internal joke”About women’s contributions to the weaponry industry traditionally dominated by men.
Although production models have adopted military camouflage colors, the female touch It remains part of the weapon identity.
According to, Russia is already aware of the new weapon. The state news agency Tass published articles trying to threaten placed by the new missile, and questioning the technical capabilities of Ukraine.
However, Terekh notes that the Russian efforts to suppress advertising Around successful Ukrainian missions indicate a genuine concern with the effectiveness of the weapon.
Flamingo is now going on series production, and about 200 missiles per month is expected to be manufactured.
O timing coincide com apparent changes in American politics under the presidency of Donald Trump, who recently published on social networks that Winning wars requires attacking the invading countrywith an analogy to sports teams that need both defensive and offensive abilities.
O Missile’s devastating potential lies in its massive capacity of your warhead. While drones carry small explosive charges, insufficient to permanently damage important targets such as refineries and power plants, 1150 kg Ogiva Flamingo could cause Da Catastrophic.
By comparison, Ukraine’s attack in June to a Russian oil refinery, with a Neptune cruise missile 150 kg warheadcreated fires that burned for three days.
