Russia never expected that, if this continues, the Ukrainian missile will strike Moscow and launch a city attack. Ukraine has already produced the flamingo-type cruise missile, with a range of 3000 kilometers.
It looks very backward, can't hit with much precision, but it's cheap and can be used for city attacks. The key point is that the warhead reaches 1 ton, the range is 3000 kilometers, and it has already started production. If this continues, the Russian military will no longer be able to quickly subdue Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army is about to launch a cruise missile city attack, attacking the core area of Moscow. In three and a half years, Ukraine finally developed the Falcon ballistic missile (not yet in production), and began to produce the Flamingo cruise missile.
Now, Russia is under great pressure. Anti-drone and intercepting missiles are not the same thing. For anti-drone, the Russian military only needs to invest in low-end air defense systems.
But to intercept a 3000-kilometer-range cruise missile, the Russian military must invest a massive amount of resources throughout western Russia, develop and deploy a large number of mid-to-high-end air defense missile systems, radars, electronic warfare, command centers, and early warning aircraft systems.
The Ukrainian drone hits a Russian oil refinery, hitting at most one oil tank, with a warhead of only dozens of kilograms, which has little effect. However, if a Flamingo cruise missile with a 1-ton warhead hits an oil refinery, the damage would directly increase several times.
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