Ukrainian defense company has showcased the FP-7.x interceptor missile, which will serve as the basis for the FREYJA anti-ballistic system, reports UNN.
"FREYJA is a pan-European anti-ballistic shield that we are building together. Soon…", reads the caption of the video published by the company's CEO and CTO, Iryna Terekh.
Let us add that today, July 13, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is in France on an official visit, will take part in a meeting of the Anti-Ballistic Coalition, where he is expected to present the FREYJA air defense system, the creation of which was initiated by Ukraine.
As the President noted, he tasked Ukrainian arms manufacturers with creating a cheaper analogue of the Patriot that could be mass-produced.
Currently, the Ukrainian arms manufacturer Fire Point has created the FP-7.x interceptor missile, which has already been tested at maximum accelerations and maneuvers it can perform to intercept ballistic targets. The cost of this missile is about $700,000 per unit, compared to $3.8 million for one American missile for the Patriot.
The pan-European anti-ballistic shield Freyja was initially conceived as one that would unite European partners. As stated by the co-founder and chief designer of Fire Point, Denys Shtilerman, the key difference of the Freyja project is its independence from external control. He explained that modern Western air defense systems often operate in a closed architecture format, where the supplier country or manufacturer effectively retains control over critical elements of the system. It is expected that the project's architecture will be implemented in such a way that new partner countries can easily join it.