Ukraine Fires Long Neptun Missiles at Russian Targets Using New Launcher

Ukraine used Long Neptun missiles against targets in Russia, employing a modified launcher mounted on a Tatra chassis.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has, for the first time, released video footage of the updated launch platform.

Engineers installed square transport-and-launch containers for two Neptun missiles due to the increased length of the missile itself.

The new launchers have been supplied to the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Zelensky announced that last night Ukrainian soldiers successfully used ‘Long Neptuns’ against designated targets on Russian territory.

According to him, this was a just response to the ongoing Russian terror, and Ukrainian missiles are showing increasingly tangible and precise results every month.

Last year, the Ukrainian Navy carried out more than 50 strikes on Russian targets using R-360 Neptun cruise missiles.

It was previously reported that the warhead mass of the updated missile reaches 260 kg, which is 110 kg more than in the anti-ship modification.

The flight range has increased significantly and now reaches approximately 1,000 km in the Neptun-D system version, compared to 280 km in the previous version. The missile’s dimensions have also been changed: its length is 6 meters without the booster, and the body diameter is 50 centimeters.

The navigation system enables flight over difficult terrain and following the route without satellite navigation, as well as targeting ground objects, although technical details are not disclosed.

It is likely that these were the missiles used on the night of 14 November during strikes on the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and on Russian air-defense positions, where witnesses recorded a series of explosions and large areas of fire.

Analysts from the Cyberboroshno community have determined that S-300/400 air-defense system positions on the grounds of the military base in Novorossiysk were also struck.