Ukraine Flew Its Own FP-7 Ballistic Missile Into Russia, and S-400 Just Watched
No permissions needed, no hand-wringing from partners: Ukraine just debuted domestic ballistics straight into hostile territory.
Remember all those endless diplomatic headaches over whether Western missiles could strike three inches past the border? Meet the FP-7, made by Fire Point, which officially solves the paperwork problem.
Ukraine tested its brand-new domestic ballistic missile against an actual target inside Russia. On paper, Moscow's prized S-400 systems are designed specifically to intercept ballistic threats. In practice, the Russian air defense completely missed it.
According to military expert Pavlo Narozhny, the massive win here isn't just that it flies — it's who holds the remote. When partners hand over an ATACMS, it usually arrives with a novel's worth of terms, conditions, and strictly designated parking spots. A missile built at home comes with zero strings attached.
The only current catch is the 300-kilometer range, meaning deeper military plants remain just out of reach for now. But Russia had barely 50 of those fancy air defense complexes to guard an entire continent before this war even began.
Covering an empire with half a hundred batteries was already ambitious, but doing it against unannounced domestic ballistics looks like pure optimism.
Source: Українське радіо
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