Zelenski announced that his country had “good results” in the implementation of the rocket program. “Long Neptune” has been tested and successfully utilized in combat. fresh Ukrainian missile, good hit. A scope of a 1000 kilometres," wrote Zelenski on Telegram. His advisor Alexander Kamyszyn explained that this was the second successful combat usage of Long Neptune.
Manoeuvring missiles RK-360 Neptune was utilized in April 2022 by the Ukrainian army to sink the Russian rocket cruiser Moscow — the then flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
Neptunes formed after the annexation of Crimea
Rocket sets of this type, developed in Kiev, have been equipped with Ukrainian armed forces since March 2021. They were first utilized in combat conditions in the war against Russia. Neptun production was a consequence to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, resulting in the failure of the majority of the Navy by Kiev. Ukrainian troops then faced the request to rapidly strengthen the protection of the Black Sea coast.
The Neptune complex was developed in 2018 by the Kiev plan office Łucz. The advantage of this weaponry is universality — the first Ukrainian missiles that can be fired from both coastal rocket kits, ships, and aircraft.
According to Ukrainian military portal mil.uin.ua rocket kits RK-360 Neptune are a squad of ground-to-air missiles with anti-ship missiles designed to neutralize naval targets — cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvets and landing ships, as well as land-based — tanks and another military vehicles. The maximum scope of missiles is about 280 km, but there are modifications that cover a distance of 400 km.
Neptune missiles can be guided simultaneously to multiple targets or to 1 to which each of the Neptunes follows a different way to then attack from different directions. Just before the attack, the rocket lowers its flight altitude to about 3 metres, making it hard for the enemy's anti-aircraft defence systems to work.
