US EditionMichael Clarke Q&A: Why new Flamingo missile is a game-changer for Ukraine
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Why Ukraine's Flamingo missile is so important
Ukraine this month unveiled the Flamingo, a new cruise missile still in the early stages of development. With a reported range of 1,864 miles and a 2,535-pound warhead, the missile would give Ukraine a weapon with a far more striking range than any it possesses. Even if the range estimate is exaggerated, this looks like a potent new weapon. The Flamingo is designed for strikes against strategic targets such as command centers, airfields, and sto…
Ukraine is relying on a new weapon in the war against Russia. The FP-500 Flamingo has a significantly higher range and can carry more explosives than previously used kamikazedrons. Can Putin be stopped by this?
AP photographer Efrem Lukatsky's Facebook post last week informed the public that the Ukrainian military industry's own cruise missile, dubbed Flamingo, had been completed. Lukatsky wrote: Ukrainian-made Flamingo missiles with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers have entered mass production at the workshop of one of the country's leading defense companies, Fire Point, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Thursday, August 14, 2025. Before we …
The cost of the rocket is less than 1 million euros, which makes it competitive
Zelensky’s reckless missile gamble: Ukraine’s new 3,000km weapon risks all-out war
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this week that his military no longer needs U.S. permission to strike deep inside Russia, he wasn’t just boasting — he was rolling the dice on a conflict that could spiral into global catastrophe. The revelation came after reports that the Pentagon has quietly blocked Ukraine from using American-supplied ATACMS missiles to hit Russian territory since late spring. Now, Zelensky claims Ukraine’…
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