Flamingo missiles, which, according to military observers, are twice as powerful than American Tomahawk, are already in serial production.
Ukraine started the serial production of the New Flamingos Cruise Missiles, with a flight range of up to 3,000 kilometers. On Sunday, August 17, Ukrainian photojournalist Efrem Lutskiy, who works at the Associated Press.
According to him, Ukraine successfully completed the test of flamingos missiles, which allowed to start their serial production.
Meanwhile, Defense Express suggested that Flamingo is a FP-5 missile from the Milanion group with the UAE headquarters. The company provides the armed forces of Ukraine and first demonstrates its development in February 2025 at the IDEX-201e-2025 exhibition in the UAE.
“Given the revealed properties of flamingo and FP -5, as well as the appearance of both missiles, including the fact that we are talking about a large cruise missile with a fixed straight wing and placing a machine above the fuselage, no alternatives to see,” said the publication.
It is noted that the FP -5 can fly 3 thousand km, spend 4 hours in the air, developing speeds up to 950 km per hour, has a 6 m wing. Its weight is up to 6 tons, while 1 ton the warhead.
The Defense Express writes that there are few such missiles in the world and that they are stronger than Tomahawk missiles, with a part of the fight of 450 kg. At the same time, the Milanion Group emphasized that it could produce 50 FP-5 missiles per month.
In addition, the company has declared that navigating satellite has been used in the rocket, which is resistant to electronic warfare, as well as an inertial system.
Remember, a year ago, President Vladimir Zelensky said Ukraine had a successful test of a ballistic missile of domestic production.
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