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 "title": "Fire Point Flight-Tests a $700,000 Interceptor With a European Parts List",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/fire-point-fp-7x-interceptor-flight-test-freyja-700000-dollar-patriot-alternative/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-10T01:40:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:22.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyiv, 10 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point carried out the first flight test of its FP-7.x surface-to-air interceptor, co-founder Denys Shtilierman told the Financial Times, calling it 'pretty successful'; the test demonstrated controlled mid-course manoeuvring\n * Design brief: a mass-producible counter to ballistic missiles and drones at $700,000 per round against $3.8 million for a Patriot PAC-3 on US Army budget estimates — 25 km altitude, PAC-3-class ",
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