UKRAINE, Jun. 17 — Ukrainian ballistic interceptor missile FP-7.x by Ukrainian military company Fire Point is ready for production, said Denys Shtilerman, company’s co-founder, to Militarnyi, a Ukrainian defense media outlet.

The Ukrainian FP-7.x missile is part of the Freya air defense system. According to Militarnyi, this missile has a flight speed of 1,500–2,000 meters per second (~4,921-6,562 feet per second) and a length of 7.25 meters. Its combat load is 150 kilograms (~331 pounds), and its maximum flight duration is 250 seconds. The missile is launched from a ground platform and is designed for the rapid destruction of targets at medium ranges.

Earlier, Fire Point carried out the first flight test of its FP-7.x ballistic interceptor missile, which Shtilierman called “pretty successful.” It reached 25 kilometers (~16 miles) in altitude, the same altitude as the United States’ Patriot anti-ballistic missile complex.

As for now, Fire Point has completed the latest phase of testing for the Freya complex. All that remains is to integrate all the components and conduct additional tests, said Shtilerman.

Also, Fire Point signed a deal with the German company Hensoldt about supplying radars for the Freja complex.

“Their TRML-4 radar is very good. We will now begin integrating it with our missile and C2 center, and receive commands from it to guide the missile to the area where the missile can intercept a ballistic missile,” noted Shtilerman.

At the beginning of May, Ukrainian media Kyiv Independent wrote, citing their sources, that Fire Point company was reportedly under a corruption probe in relation to the corruption scandal that broke out after graft agencies’ investigations into Ukraine’s energy sector. 

Journalists say Fire Point’s ties to Timur Mindich, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s business partner and one of the key figures of the investigations, were corroborated by one of the tapes released by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Shtilerman later said that, while he was interrogated by anti-graft agencies, it was not related to Mindich’s case.

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