Ukrainian Ballistic Missile Development and Deployment

We shall see. Previous claims about Ukraine ballistic missiles over promised on delivery schedule and capabilities, as did the FP-5. And of course what matters as much or more is production capacity - for all the hype of FP-5, we see them used only a half dozen at a time once a week at most, after a long period of supposed steady manufacture.
 
Josh_TN said:
We shall see. Previous claims about Ukraine ballistic missiles over promised on delivery schedule and capabilities, as did the FP-5. And of course what matters as much or more is production capacity - for all the hype of FP-5, we see them used only a half dozen at a time once a week at most, after a long period of supposed steady manufacture.
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I never for one second believed the original production rate promises but 6/week is still >300/year and they're verifiably hitting their mark.
 
Can donated MIM-23 Hawk missiles be used by Ukraine to intercept Russian ballistic missiles:


How many HAWK air defense systems does Ukraine actually have? And can they hit Russia’s ballistic missiles?

Ukraine has roughly 1% of the Patriot interceptors it needs heading into winter, so it's leaning on a missile system the U.S. Army retired in 1996: the MIM-23 HAWK. I break down what HAWK can and can't actually intercept, why nobody can confirm exactly how many the U.S., Spain, and other allies have actually delivered, and how an air-defense missile from the Eisenhower era became the thing keeping scarce Patriot interceptors in reserve for the threats only Patriot can stop.​

Chapters:

00:00 - Patriot shortage prompts look at Hawk
01:15 - Wes introduces Hawk amid interceptor shortage
01:37 - Why Hawk must shoulder Patriot’s workload
02:12 - Ukraine’s interceptor deficit and Hawk’s challenge
03:08 - Active shortage and Hawk’s post‑US era
04:32 - Reviving Hawk and the allied patchwork
06:35 - Hawk’s ballistic capability and radar dependence
08:11 - Layered defense and Hawk’s role
09:28 - Hawk as key to preserving Patriot through winter
09:39 - Sustainment challenges reviving Hawk
10:55 - Air defense overview and allied Hawk influx
12:45 - Allied Hawk shipments: advocacy and uncertainty
14:27 - Time as critical factor in Ukraine’s air defenseVideo Sources: DOD and National Archives

#Ukraine #MilitaryTechnology #UkraineWar #Infrastructure #MilitaryHistory #geopolitics #PatriotMissile #AirDefense #russiaukrainewar
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If this isn't the right thread would one of the Mods please move it to the right thread please.
 
Forest Green said:
Sounds ridiuclously ambitious. It would put FP-9 production on a par with US PrSM production targets.
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I'm honestly not impressed with US ballistic missile production rates, I dont doubt Ukraine could outproduce us in the short term considering all the bureaucracy and price gouging from our defence companies.
 
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FP-7 (150kg warhead) has made its combat debut (on Moscow) with the FP-9 (800kg warhead) coming shortly.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8LDT3Nn_uU

Forest Green said:
One thing that also springs to mind is how similar in size the FP-7 is to the French Hades from the early '90s (same diameter of 0.53m and only slightly shorter at 7.25m vs 7.5m). The Hades made 480km with a warhead that weighed 200kg, the FP-7 has a 150kg warhead. Is 300km underselling it?
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Called it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2101654401660141857
View: https://x.com/UKikaski/status/2101654401660141857?s=20

This missile was stated to only have a range of 200-300km but it turns out to be 500+km and it costs ~$500k.
 
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