Ukrainian Ballistic Missile Development and Deployment

This was said to be co-funded by Saudi Arabia. Yet curiously no missiles of the type ever operated by the Saudi. DF-21 was bought instead.
 
IMHO, 5-axes layout of this vehicle is quite unusual, as well as wheel's dimensions. Perhaps, there were intended for good roads, not for all-terrain service?
 
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Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Zelensky says

A day earlier, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine is preparing a response to Russian aerial strikes with weapons of its own production.
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Ukraine creates its first ballistic missile – Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that Ukraine keeps developing its defence industrial base and has created its first ballistic missile.
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Zelenskyy during a press conference at the Forum of State Institutions Leadership on 27 August
"What developments does Ukraine have? Well, I thought it’s too early to speak about it but…The first Ukrainian ballistic missile has been successfully tested. I congratulate our defence industrial base on this."

First succesful test of a ukrainian-made ballistic missile, Sapsan?

It will be interesting to see which requirements and technical choices have been made or changed over the past years.
 
TheKutKu said:
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Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Zelensky says

A day earlier, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine is preparing a response to Russian aerial strikes with weapons of its own production.
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Ukraine creates its first ballistic missile – Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that Ukraine keeps developing its defence industrial base and has created its first ballistic missile.
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Zelenskyy during a press conference at the Forum of State Institutions Leadership on 27 August
"What developments does Ukraine have? Well, I thought it’s too early to speak about it but…The first Ukrainian ballistic missile has been successfully tested. I congratulate our defence industrial base on this."

First succesful test of a ukrainian-made ballistic missile, Sapsan?

It will be interesting to see which requirements and technical choices have been made or changed over the past years.
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It will likely be this fellow.

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1KR1 Sapsan - Wikipedia

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Last I heard they'd managed to improve range to 700km.

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Ukraine Successfully Tests its First Ballistic Missile as Zelensky Urges Use of Long-Range Arms

Ukraine Successfully Tests its First Ballistic Missile as Zelensky Urges Use of Long-Range Arms
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In its export version, the Hrim-2 can target stationary individual and group targets at distances ranging from 50 to 280 km. However, for Ukrainian military needs, the system's range has been extended to 700 km, significantly enhancing its previous range of 450 to 500 km.
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Forest Green said:
This suggests Ukraine's new ballistic missile can reach St.Petersburg too, which implies ~1,000km range (first 10s).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2FPAuYb65A
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Would fit Sapsan. I would really be interrested to know how far they got before the war and are now. How good is the production capability and if it may make even more sense to let it be produced outside of ukraine and more but i don't hope for an answer
 
This is the legacy of Yangel courting Brezhnev rather than Kruschtchev before 1964, since rivals Korolev and Chelomei were Mister K. darlings. Yangel bet on Brezhnev paid handily after October 1964, with a request from Leonid: "please create rocket jobs in my native Ukraine." (SLS invented nothing, as far as pork barrelled rockets are concerned)
And so Ukraine, with russian Glushko engines, build R-36s, Tsyklons and Zenit "like sausages". R-36 was a monster of ICBM.
 
Defense Updates has just put out a video about Ukraine's new Trim-2 ballistic missile:


A new trouble is brewing for President Putin and Kremlin.An indigenous ballistic missile that can hit key Russian cities is taking shape in Ukraine.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced at a press conference that Ukraine has tried out its first ballistic missile manufactured by the country’s defense industry.
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Zelensky said during the Ukraine 2024 forum, “Perhaps it’s too early to talk about this, but I want to share this news with you. Ukraine has successfully tested its first ballistic missile,”
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The president congratulated the Ukrainian defense industry on the success of the project but did not disclose any additional details about the new weapon, including what type of ballistic missile it is. As per Ukrainian media, the missile is named Hrim-2 or Thunder-2A
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day earlier, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov stated that the country is preparing a response to Russian airstrikes, using domestically produced weapons. Umerov emphasized, “This once again proves that to achieve victory, we need long-range capabilities and the lifting of restrictions on attacks on enemy military targets,”
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In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how Ukraine’s Hrim-2 ballistic missile could change the dynamics of war?
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#defenseupdates #ukrainekurskoffensive #ukrainerussiawar
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:20 BACKGROUND
03:54 A RESPONSE TO ISKANDER M
04:48 INDIGENOUS WEAPON is KEY
06:43 ANALYSIS
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Hopefully in the near future Ukraine is going to be giving Russia some serious payback for all of those SS-26 Stone MRBM strikes it has inflicted upon Ukraine.
 
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Ukrainian MP Yehor Cherniev announced that the results of Ukraine’s domestically-produced ballistic missile tests will be seen soon. He mentioned that while some issues exist with obtaining components for rockets like "Vilkha," work on operational-tactical missile systems, such as "Hrim," is progressing. Cherniev added that Ukraine's ballistic missiles have already undergone testing.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1848729844231582095
View: https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1848729844231582095

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Ukraine confirms successful tests of Hrim-2 tactical missile for future deployment against Russia

Ukraine confirms successful tests of Hrim-2 tactical missile for future deployment against Russia
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Ukraine successfully tested a 300km range ballistic missile in May 2025 and is starting mass production.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1931229860036276707
View: https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1931229860036276707

Also interesting details about issues with the ballistic missile program between May 2022 and sometime in 2024.
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Відбулося успішне випробування балістики для ЗСУ, - військовий експерт Бадрак

У середині травня відбулися випробування, які оцінюють як надзвичайно успішні - майже 300 км подолала балістична ракета і знищила російський командний пункт
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Why have they shown a picture of a Neptune though? Maybe it's this ballistic missile that has destroyed some Iskander launchers, to mind it's the only thing that would get there in time.
 
NMaude said:
I suppose the missile in question is the Hrim-2?
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Yes, could be a modified version based off lessons of the war. I also think this is the kind of weapons system where they will leverage access to western components from Britain, Sweden, France, Germany. So I think some aspects of the missile system will change based off recent changes in attitudes by these countries to supporting such a system.

Forest Green said:
Why have they shown a picture of a Neptune though? Maybe it's this ballistic missile that has destroyed some Iskander launchers, to mind it's the only thing that would get there in time.
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Yes they should have used a more appropriate picture. I suspect as well the Ukrainians have used it several times to attack different targets. The Iskander launcher we saw getting destroyed this week could be such an example. There were also some strikes last year on airbases and ammo depots that I suspected were hit using an unannounced ballistic missile.
 
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Hrim-2 uses a RADAG-style terminal homing guidance like the SS-26 Stone does.
 
NMaude said:
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Hrim-2 uses a RADAG-style terminal homing guidance like the SS-26 Stone does.
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Had to look this up, interesting tech. Hopefully they get help from other western countries so they dont have to waste a lot of resources getting it accurate in real world use
 
From what I understand from remarks Zelensky has made since late last year now that the Hrim-2 has been successfully tested the Ukrainians are now mass-producing AND stockpiling the missiles before they use them.
 
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It seems relatively clear at this point that either Russia has had some amount of success in slowing down the Main military-led ballistic missile program , or the program itself is not very well managed, so a duplication of efforts is welcome. Let's see if Fire Point can financially and technically support it.
 
TheKutKu said:
It seems relatively clear at this point that either Russia has had some amount of success in slowing down the Main military-led ballistic missile program , or the program itself is not very well managed, so a duplication of efforts is welcome. Let's see if Fire Point can financially and technically support it.
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There is also a very real risk that Fire Point overstretch themselves chasing too many ambitious programs at the same time: cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and air defense.
 
Forest Green said:
Hmm... FP-7 sounds like it could be a Vilkha-M rocket. FP-9 is likely bigger than an Hrim-2, maybe a Hrim-2 with a booster stage or a lengthened Hrim-2.
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Hrim-2 is Yangel, no chance.
Interesting point is that their illustration matches 48n6dm really well.
 
Ainen said:
Hrim-2 is Yangel, no chance.
Interesting point is that their illustration matches 48n6dm really well.
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Yangel?

Yes the illustration does but there's no chance of that carrying an 800kg warhead out to 855km. I think the pictures are just generic.

If they designed a pure ballistic version of Hrim-2 with an IRV, that might meet the spec. at the same size??
 
TheKutKu said:
Yuzhnoye/Pivdenne, named after its historical leader (the official name is Державне конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М. К. Янгеля, "State Design Bureau "Pivdenne" named after M. K. Yangel")
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I thought the russians had bombed the heck out of them, flattening the plant ?
 

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