The new Ukrainian long-range missile "Long Neptune" has been tested and successfully deployed in combat.
This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky after a report on Ukraineʼs missile program.
The Long Neptune missile hits a thousand kilometers away.
"Thank you to our Ukrainian developers, manufacturers and military. We continue to work for Ukrainian security," Zelensky wrote.
"Long Neptune" is a modification of the R-360 "Neptune" cruise missile, which was also previously improved to hit targets at longer distances.
The R-360 Neptune missile weighs 870 kg and has a warhead weighing 150 kg. The launch range is up to 280 kilometers. Detailed characteristics of the new long-range missile are not yet known.
The creation of the Long Neptune was mentioned by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Havrylyuk back in 2023. He reported that work is underway on creating a new modification of the missile for the Neptune complex.
- In May 2019, the Neptune passed fire tests. In November of the same year, Ukraine conducted test firings of the Neptune missile with a radius of up to 280 km. In April, the Neptune hit all targets in the Black Sea during tests. And flight tests of the Neptune missile were conducted in April 2020.
- On April 13, 2022, the Ukrainian military hit the Russian cruiser Moskva of the Russian Black Sea Fleet with Neptune missiles. This is the very ship that the Ukrainian defenders of the Snake Island “sent”.
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