>New Ukrainian Cruise Missile With Claimed 1,800-Mile Range Breaks Cover
>Today, Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda released two videos of Flamoingos being launched from rails mounted on two two-axle trailers. The missiles are shown climbing sharply right after launch. The clip seen immediately below is also said to show them being used in a real strike on Russia.
>Ukrainska Pravda‘s report said that the missile’s warhead weighs around 2,535 pounds (1,150 kilograms), but does not cite any source for that information, as well.
>Other details about Flamingo, including how it is guided to its target, are scant. At the time of writing, Ukrainian authorities do not appear to have confirmed any specifics about the missile. Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said today that more information will be released “when the right moment comes.”
>Intriguingly, the Flamingo is extremely similar, if not identical to a cruise missile design called the FP-5 previously exhibited by Milanion, a company based in the United Arab Emirates. This same firm has provided materiel to the Ukrainian armed forces in the past. Whether the “FP” in FP-5 stands for Fire Point is unknown.
>Milanion says that the FP-5 also has a 1,864-mile/3,000-kilometer maximum range. A fact sheet on the company’s website site, reproduced below, also lists a top speed of 590 miles per hour (950 kilometers per hour) and a cruising speed of 528-559 miles per hour (850–900 kilometers per hour).
>The FP-5 missile is notably large, with a wingspan of six meters (19.6 feet), a maximum takeoff weight of 13,228 pounds (6,000 kilograms), and a warhead weighing 2,205 pounds (1,000 kilograms), according to the fact sheet. It also includes a rendering of the missile prepared for launch on a two-axle trailer.
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