Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile is missing roughly 85% of its targets. Manufactured by Fire Point, the FP-5 - advertised with a 3,000 km range and a 1,150 kg warhead - was hailed by Volodymyr Zelensky as Ukraine's "most successful" missile when he touted its initial tests. Yet an independent count tracks only about ten confirmed combat uses since August 2025, and analysts warn the true number of launches is likely higher given that failed strikes rarely receive coverage.
The missile's best showing to date was the June 26–27 overnight strike on the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd, where Ukrainian sources claim three of five launched missiles struck the facility. According to an analysis published by Defence Industry Europe, that marked the first confirmed instance of multiple Flamingos hitting within the target area. In most other documented strikes, at most one missile connected. Across its last four confirmed uses, the weapon hit its target twice but inflicted little significant damage - a result the author attributes to missing the intended aimpoints.
A separate OSINT tally cited by Ukrainska Pravda READ MORE AT SOURCE »
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