Extending the range of Ukraine's homegrown missiles lets Kyiv zero in on targets deep inside Russia, a U.S. report said.
Ukraine will increase the production of its Neptune missile 'tenfold' this year while upping the range of the homegrown missile, as Kyiv contends with maintaining stockpiles of its long-range missiles and the tempo of repeated strikes on Russia's Black Sea Fleet.Ukraine will 'increase tenfold' the number of Neptune missiles it is manufacturing in 2024, said Jane Harman, Mara Rudman and Roger Zakheim, who sit on the U.S. Congress' National Defense Strategy Commission.
Ukrainian Navy spokesperson, Dmytro Pletenchuk, said in late March 2024 that Kyiv struck the Konstantin Olshansky—a former Ukrainian landing ship seized by Russia when it annexed Crimea a decade ago—with a Neptune missile. 'This ship was supposed to be used by Ukraine, therefore, a decision was made to destroy this unit with our Neptune,' Pletenchuk said in remarks reported by Ukrainian media.Kyiv has also teased a land-attack version of the Neptune.
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