Ukraine’s new ballistic missiles would make Russia choose: bomb Kyiv or defend Moscow
Russia uses its S-400 air defense missiles in a surface strike mode. Once Ukrainian ballistic missiles start raining down, this may no longer be an option.
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“Symbolically,” says Ukraine’s departing defense minister: New ballistic missile was tested on day government resigned
On his way out, Fedorov said Ukraine ran a successful ballistic missile test on 14 July, developed in the Defense Ministry's zone of responsibility.
Russia says it downed Ukraine’s first ballistic missile—a weapon Kyiv has never announced
Kyiv stayed silent. Moscow's ministry did the announcing.
Ukraine’s ballistic missile may have reached Moscow. The damage wasn’t the point.
Ukrainian developers rush new weapons into combat to gather data, not to inflict damage—the way Fire Point spent a year missing before the Flamingo started landing. The first ballistic shot was doing that job.
Ukraine should not advertise its new ballistic missiles until factories can mass-produce them, ex-security officer says
"We're standing in the same line with the Russians" with their failed Armata tank, Ivan Stupak noted.
Ukraine is developing its own unstoppable air-launched missile
Russia's Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile is extremely hard to intercept. That's why Ukraine wants its own version of the missile.
FP-7 tested, FP-9 at 800 km approaching trials: Fire Point reveals Ukraine’s ballistic missile roadmap
Chief designer Denys Shtilerman says both are priced at half what ATACMS costs and built to fire in numbers large enough that interception doesn't decide the outcome.