Ukrainian company tests ballistic missile for air defence system
Fire Point, Ukraine's largest missile and drone manufacturer, has successfully tested a ballistic missile intended for a new air defense system. The FP-7.X missile is designed to serve as the basis for the Freyja anti-ballistic interceptor. This development comes amid ongoing concerns about Ukraine's ability to counter Russian missile attacks.
- ▪Fire Point conducted a flight test of the FP-7.X missile, which will be part of a future air defense system.
- ▪The FP-7.X is an interceptor variant of the FP7 ballistic missile currently under development.
- ▪Ukraine has expressed a critical need for interceptor missiles to enhance its defense against Russian ballistic threats.
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Ukrainian company tests ballistic missile for air defence systemSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished Jun 03, 2026, 11:30 PMUpdated Jun 03, 2026, 11:30 PMKYIV, June 3 - Ukraine's largest missile and drone maker, Fire Point, has conducted a flight test of a ballistic missile that will serve as the foundation of a project to create a missile air defence system, the company's CEO, Iryna Terekh, said on Wednesday."Recently, we conducted an extremely important test: a fully controlled manoeuvring flight of the FP-7.X missile, which will form the basis of the future Freyja anti-ballistic interceptor," Terekh wrote on X.The FP7.X is the interceptor variant of Fire Point's FP7 ballistic missile, which is currently in development and which the company says will also be…
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