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Ukraine Using Land Attack Variant Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile

www.thedrive.com Ukraine Using Land Attack Variant Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile

The modified Neptune anti-ship missiles give Ukraine its longest-range and hardest-hitting locally made weapon, which has big implications.

Ukraine Using Land Attack Variant Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile
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  • Cool, I was wondering what the Ukrainian missile engineers have been working on for the past year. Also from the article:

    As a result, even with the currently limited inventory, Moscow will be targeted using the modified Neptune in the not-too-distant future, the official told us. That will add to the discomfort felt in the Russian capital, which has been repeatedly hit by Ukrainian drones.
    To reach that roughly 290-mile distance from the Ukrainian border (and perhaps longer from a launch site), the payload will be reduced and the volume of fuel will be boosted. This is a common modification for cruise missile variants.

    • At 290 miles, there are many good targets in range. Tons of air bases, manufacturing, and logistics hubs. Even the worst case scenario, in which Russia spreads out their air-defense to cover all these locations; they are spreading out their air defenses, weakening them everywhere else.