08-17-2025, 01:25 PM
Quote:Ukrainian photographer Efrem Lukatsky published the first images of the new long-range cruise missile “Flamingo,” which has reportedly entered serial production.
The photographs, taken on August 14 at a facility of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point, show the missile in assembly. According to Lukatsky, the system is designed to strike targets at distances of more than 3,000 kilometers.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/ex...line-10815
Ukraine has successfully used long range drones that are much slower and with much smaller warheads to good effect. If these range and warhead numbers are correct and Ukraine can produce a decent number of these, Russia will be very stretched to protect their infrastructure and possibly even military targets. As cruise missiles, they are probably easier to intercept than ballistic missiles, but this would be much tougher to intercept than the slow long range drones Ukraine has used thus far.
