Alexei Getman: The Russians Did Not Expect Us To Attack With Such Missiles
27- 2.09.2025, 15:26
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"The Flamingos can get to some very interesting targets.
Ukrainian Flamingo missiles hit Russian targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. On August 30, the missiles hit a border outpost run by the Russian Federal Security Service and a patrol boat base near Armyansk.
Russian air defense was powerless - not a single missile was intercepted. How significant is the first successful Flamingo strike on the FSB base in Crimea?
For comment, Charter97.org turned to military expert, reserve major of the Ukrainian National Guard Alexei Getman:
- The Russians did not expect us to attack with such missiles. Nevertheless, we should hardly expect that "Flamingo" is some special missile that cannot be intercepted by air defense means. It is quite large in size - 6 meters. I don't think it is qualitatively better than Storm Shadow, Scalp or Tomahawk, but as practice shows, the Russians have a hard time fighting cruise missiles.
If the attack was on Crimea, we can assume that these missiles were flying to the target low over the water, approaching from the sea, and when the missile flies at a low altitude ("Neptune" can fly at a height of three meters above the water), there are big waves, it is almost impossible to notice such a target by radar means.
I should say that one does not want to be fascinated and then be disappointed. There are no some super capabilities of the Flamingo missile. It's not a bad cruise missile. It is simple enough, compared to the Storm Shadow, for example. It is quite effective, not worse than the Neptune.
So we will use such missiles, taking into account the terrain. If we compare it to ballistic missiles, it will hide on the terrain. Let's see what the shoot-down ratio will be, because there is no such weapon that can reach the target 100% of the time.
- What strategic Russian facilities may become Flamingo targets in the coming months?"
- There was official information that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Alexander Syrsky held a meeting a few days ago. At it, they agreed on strikes on the military and military-industrial facilities of the Russian Federation deep, at a great distance. "Flamingo" flies up to three thousand kilometers. We can expect these strikes to be a thousand kilometers away from the front line or from the Ukrainian border.
- How many Flamingo missiles is Ukraine capable of producing now? Can the serial use of these missiles change the balance of power in the war?
- It can change the balance of power, because it can destroy such objects of Russia, which they considered out of reach. There is information that today one missile a day is being produced. Whether this information is true or not, we don't know exactly.
It can be suggested that today the figures of 30-40 missiles per month are real enough for us. Will we be able to scale? I would like to see that figure change by at least a factor of 10.
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