Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, touted as the country's "most successful" missile by Volodymyr Zelensky, has been found to be missing roughly 85% of its targets. The missile, manufactured by Fire Point, has a reported range of 3,000 km and a 1,150 kg warhead, but its effectiveness has been called into question.
According to an independent count, there have been only about ten confirmed combat uses of the missile since August 2025, with analysts warning that the true number of launches is likely higher. The missile's best showing was a strike on the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd, where three of five launched missiles hit the facility.
However, in most other documented strikes, at most one missile connected, and the weapon has inflicted little significant damage. A separate tally tracked by OSINT cited by Pravda found a hit rate of roughly 15%, with confirmed hits rising from two to six over a two-month span.
Production output is also a concern, with Fire Point's claimed production capacity of several missiles a day being disputed. The company's progress on constructing its own engine plant is unknown, and the supply of repurposed AI-25TL turbofan engines that power the weapon is murky.
The Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau had opened a probe into Fire Point, but no formal suspicions were found, and no charges have been filed.