Ukraine unveils new Flamingo missile: What to know

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1. By Ellie Cook — Senior Defense Reporter |

   Ukraine’s new long-range cruise missile might be named after a manufacturing mishap, but its developers say it will be able to pack a punch to Russia thousands of kilometers from Ukrainian soil.

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this month Kyiv was planning to mass-produce the missile, dubbed the Flamingo, this winter.

   Kyiv has pushed its domestic defense industry hard to keep up with the demands of three-and-a-half years of full-scale war with Russia, an adversary with its own formidable industrial capacity, plus a helping hand with replenishing its missile stocks from allies like North Korea.

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2. Ukraine is really making sure that this missile gets enough publicity.

3. Fun fact: the name is actually “Flaming O” and describes the intense orgasm its arrival on target produces in all of NAFO

4. >What to know

   The only thing to know is when.

5. Can’t wait for these missiles to bend Putin over and ravage the Russian economy

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