Ukraine needs at least a year to bring its own missile production to a level that seriously threatens Russia.
Ukraine is developing a missile with a speed of up to 400 km/h and a flight range of 200 km. The Economist wrote this on Monday, December 23.
“It was a Trembita rocket. Its engine was a modern remake of the $200 pulsejet engine first used in the German V-1 bomb in 1944. The engine tube was a crude design. Beneath it hung a more style gray rectangular housing that hides the guide and missile warhead,” the publication wrote.
It is indicated that specialists in Ukraine are planning to improve the rocket and it will “be able to fly to Moscow.”
“Serial production of such missiles should begin after the final field tests. The developers believe that it only took them a year and a half to achieve this result,” wrote The Economist.
The publication notes that details of the Ukrainian missile program are closely guarded.
“Russia relentlessly attacks production facilities, killing and injuring hundreds of workers So, in December 2023, several cruise missiles hit the Neptune missile plant in Kyiv In November 2024, Russia targeted Yuzhmash on the Dnieper with the “new” inter-regional. . Transferred to secure bunkers The production is scattered in hundreds of invisible facilities,” the article said.
The publication indicates that a number of Western investors are interested in the Ukrainian missile program and want to invest money in this production.
“For the West, the potential is obvious. The production of a cruise missile with almost identical flight characteristics can be 12 times cheaper in Ukraine than in Western Europe,” the publication wrote.
The publication added that during the Soviet era, Ukraine was a world leader in space and rocket innovation.
But that was until 1994, when, according to the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine gave up its nuclear small ballistic missiles in exchange for useless security guarantees and a lack of political freedom,” the journalists wrote.
It was previously reported that in Ukraine, volunteer engineers are developing a combat missile called Trembita with a range of 140 km.
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