FP-7 tested, FP-9 at 800 km approaching trials: Fire Point reveals Ukraine’s ballistic missile roadmap

Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point is developing two ballistic missiles — the FP-7 and FP-9 — built to be produced at scale and fired in quantity, chief designer and co-founder Denys Shtilerman told Army TV. The FP-7 has already passed tests; the longer-range FP-9 is preparing for them.

"At least twice as cheap as ATACMS"

The FP-7 can strike targets several hundred kilometers away and has completed test launches, Shtilerman said. According to technical specifications published by Militarnyi, it has a range of up to 200 km, a 150 kg warhead, a maximum speed of 1,500 m/s, and a circular error probable of 14 meters — meaning half of all shots land within that radius of the target.

The FP-9 will push the range to 800 km and is now being prepared for tests, Shtilerman says.

Both missiles are engineered around a core principle: make ballistic missiles cheap enough to fire in quantity rather than conserve like scarce Western hardware.

"This will be an analogue of ATACMS, possibly even with a larger warhead. But it will cost at least twice as little," Shtilerman said.

Launches from a truck, deploys in 15 minutes

Fire Point designed the missiles to launch from mobile platforms camouflaged as ordinary trucks, Shtilerman told Army TV. The entire complex can be ready to fire in around 15 minutes — making launchers difficult to locate and target before they move.

The FP-7's design draws on the aerodynamic profile of the 48N6, the interceptor missile used in Russia's S-400 air defense system, according to Militarnyi. Fire Point rebuilt it with a composite airframe and a new propulsion system, and switched from the 48N6's cold-launch method to a hot-launch system that ignites the engine at the moment of firing.

The same philosophy that built Ukraine's drone industry

Shtilerman said the approach mirrors how Ukraine built its attack drone production: prioritize affordability and scalability over technical complexity.

Fire Point makes over half of Ukraine's long-range attack drones, according to Ukraine's General Staff. The company is also the developer of the Flamingo cruise missile, the FP-5, which Ukraine has used in a series of deep strikes against Russian military-industrial targets.