A German company wants to join the production of the Ukrainian Flamingo rocket: what is known
12 June 09:41
The German defense company Diehl Defence is in talks with the Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point regarding the possible joint production of the Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile, according to the Financial Times, as reported by "Komersant Ukrainian".
According to the publication, Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch stated that the company plans to hold a series of talks with Fire Point in the coming weeks regarding potential cooperation and joint production.
“We are in talks about how we could work together,” Rauch said.
He added that such cooperation “could very well happen” and that “if we are creating a new product, it makes sense to manufacture it in Germany or other countries as well.”
The initiative is being discussed amid intensified European efforts to develop its own long-range strike systems and find alternatives to American Tomahawk missiles.
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Fire Point notes that production of the Flamingo missile currently stands at about 200 units per month, with the potential for expansion.
It is also reported that Diehl Defence previously signed a technology agreement with Fire Point, which provides for cooperation in the field of development, though the details of the agreement were not disclosed.
This idea arose as Berlin is rushing to find alternatives to American Tomahawk missiles, which were to be deployed in Germany this year along with a battalion of American soldiers. U.S. President Donald Trump reversed this decision made during the Biden administration amid tensions with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
Moscow’s widespread use of ground-based missiles in Ukraine, as well as the deployment of long-range weapons in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, has prompted European countries to acquire or develop their own similar capabilities, which they consider essential for deterring Russian aggression.
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