FP-9

Fire Point’s FP-9 is a Ukrainian short-range ballistic missile unveiled by its Kyiv-based maker Fire Point at the MSPO defence exhibition in Kielce, Poland in September 2025. The company positions the weapon as a domestic alternative to the American MGM-140 ATACMS, carrying a substantially larger warhead at roughly half the cost. No confirmed combat use has been reported as of mid-2026; flight testing was slated to begin ahead of an operational debut flagged by the Ukrainian press for autumn 2026.

According to specifications published by Fire Point and reported by Ukrainian outlet NV, the FP-9 is a conventional single-stage ballistic missile measuring 9.5 metres long and 1.1 metres in diameter, with a claimed flight range of up to 850 kilometres and a payload of 800 kilograms. The manufacturer cites a terminal velocity of around 2,200–2,300 metres per second — roughly Mach 6.4 — a flight ceiling of about 70 kilometres, a maximum flight time of 520 seconds, and a circular error probable of 20 metres. These figures are developer claims rather than independently verified measurements, and range and warhead values vary slightly between the company’s own website and press briefings. The missile is launched from a mobile road-transporter platform, which Fire Point says allows rapid relocation and integration with existing command-and-control, mission-planning and target-acquisition networks. The manufacturer emphasises high terminal speed as the primary mechanism for defeating air defences; it has not detailed guidance architecture, propellant chemistry or seeker hardware in public material.

The claimed 850-kilometre reach places the FP-9 in the short-range ballistic missile bracket and well beyond standard ATACMS variants, which operate out to about 300 kilometres. Fire Point’s chief designer and co-owner Denys Shtilerman told press in June 2026 that Ukraine would soon be able to strike Moscow with the “Nine” — his internal designation for the system — and suggested Russian energy infrastructure as a primary target set. Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov offered a more cautious projection in August 2026, saying domestically built ballistic missiles would be used against Russian territory before the end of the year. The declared distance from the Sumy or Chernihiv border sectors to Moscow, around 410–415 kilometres, sits comfortably within the stated envelope.

Fire Point markets the FP-9 as the heaviest member of a growing ballistic family that already includes the shorter-range FP-7, which the company lists at a 200-kilogram warhead and 250-kilometre reach. Until flight tests and independent battle-damage assessments arrive, performance remains a developer claim; the operational significance of a Ukrainian-built missile capable of reaching the Russian capital is already shaping how Kyiv frames its deep-strike doctrine.