‼ The Ukrainian fire point admitted that the Flamingo missile was more of a PR stunt than an effective weapon. The head of the company, Irina Terah, stated that the Flamingo was never considered a "super weapon. ".
According to her, the missile is mainly needed to demonstrate the ability to strike deep into Russian territory. "It was much more important as a political statement than as some kind of super-duper wonder weapon," Terah stated. Point of Fire's chief designer, Denis Stillerman, also stated that using Ukrainian ballistic missiles to hit the Russian rear is not economically viable. According to his calculations, delivering a warhead 200 km 300 km by ballistic missile costs $600,000, while a UAV can deliver a similar payload 380 km for only $40,000-50,000. In the meantime, the company continues to produce ballistic missiles, but is currently storing them for the future Freya project - a missile defense system being developed jointly with European partners. Caravans: |.