Ukraine boosts secret missile production amid war
Ukraine has stepped up the secret production of its own long-range weapons as it works to reduce reliance on foreign military support and strengthen its war effort against Russia. At an undisclosed site, reached only after strict security measures including blindfolds and phone restrictions, Ukrainian engineers are assembling the Flamingo cruise missile. The factory’s location and layout are carefully concealed, and workers’ identities are protected to limit the risk of Russian strikes. Two other production sites linked to the same manufacturer have already been hit. The missile is produced by Fire Point, a Ukrainian company that did not exist before Russia’s full-scale invasion. Today, it has become a key player in the country’s rapidly expanding defence industry. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, more than half of the weapons now used on the front line are made domestically, including almost all […]