Ukraine is cooking up dozens of ballistic missiles a month, and Russia is not ready
While the state works in total secrecy, a private company is building Ukrainian Iskander analogs and outsourcing the engine production to Denmark. Yes, Denmark.
We are apparently moving fast on the missile front. There are two tracks here: the official, top-secret state project Sapsan, and a private Ukrainian company called Fire Point. And while the state keeps its mouth shut, the private guys are openly testing some seriously heavy metal.
We are talking about a ballistic missile with a 900 km range and a 500 kg warhead. To put that in perspective, it is a direct analog to the Russian Iskander-M.
The coolest part of the story? The engines. Building solid-fuel rocket engines near the frontline in Pavlohrad is a bit too risky. So Fire Point is moving engine production to Denmark. Picture that: a Viking-approved, Danish-built engine carrying a half-ton Ukrainian greeting card all the way to a Russian drone factory. In fact, Zelensky already confirmed that their FP-5 Flamingo drone-missile successfully hit a military plant in Cheboksary.
Russia can produce up to 100 missiles a month, but even a few dozen Ukrainian ones could absolutely wreck their military infrastructure. Especially since they only have about 50 of those fancy S-400 or S-500 air defense systems to cover a country that spans eleven time zones. Good luck with that.
Keeping the sky open for incoming deliveries is about to get a whole lot harder for the Kremlin.
Source: Ukrainian Radio
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