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PARIS—One of the key weapons in Ukraine’s deep strike campaign against Russia may be regaining some of its effectiveness after a long and steep decline.
Ukraine-based Fire Point introduced the FP-1 long-range, one-way attack drone in late 2024, catching Russian air defenses apparently by surprise. Although lacking the speed and stealth of more advanced Western cruise missiles, the propeller-driven, twin-boomed FP-1 still managed to be effective.
“When we started our operation, the success rates of FP-1 was around 70%,” Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh said, speaking on a conference panel June 16 at the Eurosatory trade show here. “This was enormously cool.”
But Russian air defenses adapted to the new long-range threat from Ukraine, which had lacked the ability to strike targets of more than 1,000 km (621.3 mi.) deep in enemy territory.
“Right now the number is 10%,” Terekh said. “So it’s a little bit of a rat race that we are having with our enemy, and there is no way to really go out of this race, but you can be a little bit smarter.”
There are initial signs that the FP-1 success rate is improving, Terekh said, without elaborating.
Ukrainian officials say the deep strike campaign against Russia is gaining momentum. By March, Ukraine missile and drone attacks on Russia outnumbered Moscow’s deep strike attacks.
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