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CEPA urges Europe to buy Ukraine's Flamingo missile to close strike capability gap

CEPA's David Axe argues Europe should buy Ukraine's Fire Point FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile, priced near USD 500,000 against a Tomahawk's over USD 2 million, to close its deep strike gap after Washington cancelled Typhon-Tomahawk deployment to Germany, rather than wait years for domestic missiles.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA analysis, 30 June 2026

What it does not test. This is the author's own recommendation, not a decision by any European government to purchase the missile.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion on closing Europe's strike capability gap (own); no purchase decided yet. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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