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Ukraine Touts 'Flamingo' Cruise Missile With 3,000-Kilometer Range as Production Scales

German financing pledges point to growing Western support for Ukraine's domestic long-range program.

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Arbeiter inspizieren Flamingo-Marschflugkörper in der geheimen Fabrik von Fire Point.
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Overview

  • Fire Point says output is ramping toward roughly 2,500 Flamingo missiles per year, with a goal of more than 200 per month by December.
  • The missile is claimed to reach up to 3,000 kilometers and to carry a warhead of over one tonne, with a wingspan around six meters and a launch mass near 6,000 kilograms.
  • Analysts report the design uses a Motor Sich engine typically found in L-39 trainer aircraft, allowing fuel capacity to support the advertised range.
  • Officials say the system remains in testing, and Germany’s defense ministry projects Ukrainian long-range weapons from local production could begin entering service within weeks.
  • Ukrainian reporting presents Flamingo as intended to strike refineries, drone factories, pipelines and airports deep inside Russia to pressure its economy.