June 11, 2026
How did the idea of manufacturing a Ukrainian cruise missile in Germany come about?
German defense company Diehl Defense is considering launching production of the Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile in Germany, according to the Financial Times.
The CEO of the company, Helmut Rauch, said he will hold talks with Fire Point in the coming weeks to discuss potential partnership options. According to him, Diehl’s leadership is very optimistic about the project.
“I think this could really happen. I think if we are establishing some new product, it makes a lot of sense to have it also in Germany or other countries,” Rauch said.
The idea emerged as Berlin began urgently searching for a replacement for American Tomahawk missiles.
The United States had planned to deploy this weapon in Germany together with its battalion this year, but President Donald Trump cancelled the decision due to disputes with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
EU countries are currently actively looking for ways to obtain long-range weapons. They are needed for European states to strike targets deep in Russian territory.
Fire Point recently tested a new Freya interceptor missile designed to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles. In the future, it is expected to become a more affordable alternative to Patriot.
Freya is equipped with a semi-active infrared homing head, which is planned to be developed in cooperation with the German defense company Diehl Defence.
Fire Point recently stated that Ukrainian ballistic missiles FP-7 and FP-9 could become an analogue of the American ATACMS, while being roughly twice as cheap.
In addition, the Air Force reported a severe shortage of missiles for Patriot, NASAMS, and IRIS-T air defense systems. Some units are almost completely out of ammunition, and troops are sometimes forced to beg for just 5–10 missiles.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/germany-wants-to-produce-ukrainian-flamingo-1781206198.html
Building something that’s already designed, built, and successfully tested in combat is better than spending 20 years and 100,000,000 Dollars to create something new that might work or might not.
Talking of TACO. The promised hard strikes against Iran tonight, have been cancelled. He also claimed the US will be taking Kharg Island soon, but in his latest post, he claims a deal will be signed in a few days. Confused???
Confused? Sure, and laughing my ass off. His clownish war should be dubbed Witzkrieg.
He talks of this great deal that all parties have approved, then follows it up with this sentence. 😂
“We’re yet to hear from Iran, or any of the other countries Trump cites in his post.”
The Iranians know very well who they are dealing with: a wasted old geezer who has no idea what he’s doing. I think the whole world sees it this way-
Taurus?…