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Flamingo rocket was a test: Zelensky voiced plans for mass production

To extend: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed to reporters that the Krylate rocket "Flamingo" of Ukrainian production with a range of 3,000 km has successfully tested and announced the launch of its mass production. Volodymyr Zelensky reported during communication with journalists on August 20 that the launch of serial production "Flamingo" was scheduled at the end of 2025-early 2026, writes "Babel".

According to correspondents, the head of state called this rocket "most successful" among all available as of Ukrainian weapons. Journalists say that the President did not disclose the details of the missile program. According to him, the details will be made public when Ukraine will have hundreds of such rockets for blows to the Russian Federation.

Zelensky reported that there should be more Flamingo missiles by December, and by the end of 2025 or in January-February 2026 it is planned to launch mass production. "We need to look at the success in the test, you need to look at the funding of this program," the Ukrainian leader said. Flamingo missiles launched that Ukraine launched, reported on August 17, the journalist of the Associated Press Ephraim Lukatsky.

He stated that the weapon was spotted in the shop of one of the leading defense companies of the country Fire Point on August 14. On August 18, the Mirror of the Week published the likely first footage of the flamingo missile from the ground launcher. On August 20, the military analyst H. I. Sutton published a review of a new Flamingo missile for a new Ukrainian winged rocket.

According to him, a warhead weighing up to 1,000 kg is tens of times higher than the capacity of percussion drones and allows to hit large industrial and military facilities. According to analysts, the Flamingo missile has a length of 12-14 meters and the wingspan of 6 m, capable of flying at a height of 5,000 m, and the maximum flight time is 4 hours. Maximum speed FP-5-950 km/h.