Ukraine’s Fire Point FP-7 ballistic missile has completed its first flight and moved to combat testing. Chief designer Denis Shtilerman said the FP-7 is an ATACMS equivalent with a 300 km range and costs half as much, with all components produced domestically. March 2026

Good, hope they can make a billion of them.

Trump losing weapons market is the best revenge for ukraine

I bet in 2040 Ukraine will be second biggest exporter of weapons.

half as much as ATACAMS? In Ukraine?

Atacams are manufactured in United States, with very high manfuacturing costs and profits to manufacturers.

War time profits perhaps should be regulated and Ukrainian expendable ammo should not cost that much.

Here is the full text of the original interview (in Ukrainian): [“We’re building a rocket that can reach Moscow” -– an interview with the co-founder of Fire Point on new Ukrainian ballistic technology and drones](https://24tv.ua/military/robimo-raketu-yaka-distane-do-moskvi-intervyu-spivzasnovnikom_n3029434).

Here is the full video interview on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMgldtwcuM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMgldtwcuM)

(*The link has been updated; I initially provided the wrong link + have added a link to YouTube*)

This interview is quite long, so I don’t think it would be a good idea to post it here in the comments. Please use some translator to read the article.

Below is a summary I generated *using AI*:

**FP-7 (ballistic, ~300 km range):** Based on a cloned S-400 interceptor repurposed as a surface-to-surface ballistic missile. 150 kg warhead, 1,500 m/s max speed, ~14 m accuracy. Shtilerman says it’ll cost about 2.5x less than ATACMS. All components — engines, flight controllers, servos — are produced domestically. Now moving to combat testing.

**FP-9 (ballistic, 850+ km range):** Designed to reach Moscow and St. Petersburg. Engine testing is underway, flight tests expected early summer. Shtilerman’s reasoning: Russia is monocentric — strikes on Belgorod or Kursk don’t move the Kremlin. Threatening their estates will. On air defense penetration: “We understand all the S-400 algorithms. At minimum, every fourth missile hits. That’s enough.”

**FP-5 “Flamingo” (cruise missile):** Already combat-proven — struck the Votkinsk solid-fuel rocket motor plant ~1,500 km inside Russia. All missiles reached their targets. Flies at 20–40 m altitude following terrain, making radar detection very difficult. Large warhead with zirconium incendiary fill, designed to gut hardened Soviet-era industrial buildings. Range can grow beyond 1,500 km.

**FP-1 (strike drone):** Accounted for 50–54% of all strikes on Russian territory in certain months of 2025, per Ukraine’s General Staff. Cheap and dead simple to assemble — workers train in 1–2 weeks. Transitioning to a wing-as-fuel-tank design that nearly doubles range. Testing AI-based map-matching navigation for day/night ops.

**FP-2 (strike drone):** 30% larger warhead than Russia’s Lancet, ~4x the range, cheaper. Warhead being upgraded from 105 to 158 kg. Used against troop concentrations, command posts, and air defense systems.

**Other notable points:**

* Ukraine classified all of these as “drones” to skip traditional military certification — Shtilerman calls this the single most important government decision for the industry
* Fire Point has 5,000+ employees and runs minimum 4 test flights per day
* They proposed a European ballistic shield initiative called “Freya” — open-source software, no kill switch, integrated with European radars. First interception target: 2027
* European officials visit regularly and are impressed, but admit they couldn’t replicate it due to their own regulatory burden
* Company follows a “China Free” component policy. Ordered a $1.5M GNSS receiver from an allied country — export approval took 9 months; by arrival it was already obsolete

Happy hunting men, burn some stuff down!

Ukrainians are geniuses. Remember Ukraine 🇺🇦 was responsible for the rockets built in the Soviet Union and that knowledge goes in the blood of all generations