Fire Point shows testing of Ukrainian anti-ballistic missile – video

Ukrainian defence company Fire Point has conducted a fully guided manoeuvring flight of the FP-7.X missile, which will form the basis of the future Freyja anti-ballistic interceptor.

Source: Iryna Terekh, Fire Point Chief Technical Officer

Details: Terekh did not go into details, but added that the test is "extremely important" and was carried out recently. She also posted footage of the trial.

"However unrealistic and ambitious this goal may sound today, we are making every possible and impossible effort to ensure it becomes a reality as quickly as possible, and that Ukraine can close its own skies independently," she noted.

She also added that each successful test of a new missile is a step towards technological sovereignty.

"Because our true independence is defined, among other things, by whether we are capable of creating critical technologies on our own. Aren't we?" she concluded.

Background:

• In May, Fire Point presented the concept of the Freyja air defence system.
• The project is based on the FP-7.X interceptor missile. It is made of composite materials and has a stated speed of 1,500-2,000 metres per second. The missile is 7.25 metres long, with an external diameter of 1.15 metres, and a fuselage diameter of 0.53 metres.
• As previously reported, launches of these missiles were first shown in February this year.

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