Can compete with ATACMS: Romania, together with Ukraine, will develop Neptune missiles - media

According to the media, Romania seeks to have an ally to control the Black Sea water area. It was reported that the upgraded Neptune will have a range of 1000 kilometers. Romania plans to develop a "Neptune" winged missile with Ukraine. This was reported on August 2 in Army Recognition. It is noted that Romania seeks to develop weapons in cooperation with Ukraine and focused on anti -ship missiles.

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania Igor Prokopchuk emphasized the importance of cooperation between countries in the fields of defense and energy. In April 2023, it became known that Ukraine modernizes Neptune missiles, but it is unknown yet. "Romania seeks to have Ukraine as an ally to control the waters of the Black Sea from its territory.

The plans of the Romanian-Ukrainian military-industrial partnership are envisaged for the postwar period, despite the fact that neither Kiev nor NATO have complete confidence in the ability of Ukraine to resist current conflict" , - they passed to the media. Unlike the French missiles Scalp-EG, Neptune is launched not from the air but the ground. Both terrestrial and marine targets can be up to 400 kilometers.

These missiles have already been tested during a full -scale war, in particular, they drove the enemy cruiser "Moscow". "They can potentially compete with the US ATCMS, the only other weapon of this range used by Kiev," journalists emphasized. "Neptune" is a rush rocket, which was developed at the Kiev Design Bureau "Luch". It was first introduced in 2015, and was argued in the Navy in 2021.

Technical characteristics of the Neptune missile: Neptune missile complex consists of mobile launchers, transport and transport machines, command and control machines and special transport trucks. The system is designed to work up to 25 kilometers from the coast. We will remind, on the night of July 31 in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation explosions and fires broke out.