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Updated · Українські Національні Новини · Aug 13
Ukraine’s Fire Point Nears FP-7 Missile Certification After 15 Tests as 200-km Range Targets Russian Rear
Updated
Updated · Українські Національні Новини · Aug 13

Ukraine’s Fire Point Nears FP-7 Missile Certification After 15 Tests as 200-km Range Targets Russian Rear

3 articles · Updated · Українські Національні Новини · Aug 13

Summary

  • About 15 test launches have pushed Fire Point’s FP-7 ballistic missile to the certification stage at Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, marking the latest step in Kyiv’s indigenous missile program.
  • The FP-7 has a stated range of up to 200 km—roughly comparable to ATACMS—and is intended to hit warehouses and troop concentrations beyond the front-line kill zone.
  • Fire Point is also developing the FP-9, an 855-km short-range ballistic missile that Ukrainian reporting says could reach Moscow.
  • For Ukraine, fielding domestic ballistic missiles would both strengthen its ability to strike Russian targets and place it among the relatively small group of countries with such technology.

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