"Long Neptune": As a Ukrainian missile by 1000 km changes the course of war in 2025

The first video with a rocket appeared on the Independence Day of Ukraine on the portal "Weapons". The development of this version began in November 2023, but it was publicly shown for the first time. The video rocket with X-shaped wings is not signed, and the frames of the launchers from the tests of 2018-2020. "Most likely, the tail part, where the engine is located, has not undergone changes, and therefore can be taken as a" reference point "for scale.

And this means that the length of" long Neptune "is more than 6 meters (without accelerator). That is about 1. 5 meters longer than P-360,"-writes. The base for Neptune was the Soviet X-35 missile. Initially, the R-360 range was 280 km, the weight of the combat part-150 kg, the height of the flight-10–300 m, at the final area-3 m, which complicates the interception. The development began after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, officially presented in 2015, and adopted in 2020.

During the full -scale war, Neptune proved its effectiveness. Recently, the Russians have discovered the wreckage of a rocket that struck their object using the old video of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to identify. "The rocket works on the principle: flies into a programmed square at a low altitude - from a few tens of meters to 10 meters above sea level. Radar is switched on, looking for metal objects in square - mostly ships - and hit them.

"Neptune" was reoriented for land purposes, "said Focus military expert Pavel Narozhny. According to Pavel Nazhny, "long Neptune" flies not at the radar, but to a fixed point. Initially, the range was increased to 500 km, and in the new modification - to 1000 km. The screenshot from the video from the State portal "Weapons", published on August 24, 2025, shows a fundamental difference - a change in form. Previously, the rocket was a ciga-like with a diameter of 38 cm, now-50-55 cm (estimated).

The length increased by one and a half meters. According to the expert, it is made that the rocket could carry more fuel. "For 1000 km flight, more fuel is required to convey the combat part. The further fuel. The wings remained the same form (X-shaped), but have become larger to keep more in the air. Other changes in the photo are not visible: no signs of new navigation systems. Just an increased range. "Finger in the sky.

" Pavel Narozhny states that now Ukraine is striking on Russian objects mainly drones, which carry up to 100 kg of explosives, and mostly 50-60 kg. This is not enough for great purposes. For example, weapons production factories as Uralvagonzavod. They occupy a vast area with different stages of production. A drone blow to one shop only for a short time stops the production of weapons in the Russian Federation.

For a complete stop of production it is necessary to impress all stages of creation of weapons. The expert also distinguishes the following goals: "Punching the hangar is one rocket per plane. " Neptune "is very maneuverable and managed, ideal for that purpose," the expert says. "It is not only necessary to damage the equipment, but to create a gap so that the reconstruction of enterprises is impossible or too costly," - continues the people.

We will remind, on the night of August 15, 2025 14 drones were buried by the Russian ship Port Olya-4 at the port of Olga at the Caspian, which transported the components for "Shahamed" from Iran. The attack occurred 810 km from the front line. Focus also wrote that on August 15, the factory premises of the powder production near Ryazan was destroyed. According to preliminary data, 5 people were killed as a result of the incident, 20 more were injured.