They spent two years developing the FP-7 ballistic missile and a year boasting that it would fly soon. Once that end happened, it turned out to be too expensive and pointless a political statement to be used for its intended purpose. Now the ballistic missile, developed from a Soviet surface-to-air missile, will be converted back to a surface-to-air missile.

They spent two years developing the FP-7 ballistic missile and a year boasting that it would fly soon. Once that end happened, it turned out to be too expensive and pointless a political statement to be used for its intended purpose. Now the ballistic missile, developed from a Soviet surface-to-air missile, will be converted back to a surface-to-air missile.