{"id":33689,"date":"2025-09-30T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/ukraine-said-its-modified-neptune-naval-missile-was-used-to-blast-a-russian-factory-150-miles-away\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:31:11","slug":"ukraine-said-its-modified-neptune-naval-missile-was-used-to-blast-a-russian-factory-150-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/ukraine-said-its-modified-neptune-naval-missile-was-used-to-blast-a-russian-factory-150-miles-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine said its modified Neptune naval missile was used to blast a Russian factory 150 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/650339771afe8f0019ea9981?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A road-mobile launcher firing a Neptune missile in testing.\"\/><figcaption>A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine&#039;s navy said one of Kyiv&#039;s modified anti-ship missiles was used to strike a Russian factory.<\/li>\n<li>It&#039;s another reported land-based hit for the R-360 Neptune, originally made to attack naval targets.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine has been trying to grow its arsenal of homegrown long-range weapons as the war drags on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ukraine&#039;s navy said on Monday that a Neptune anti-ship missile was used in a long-range strike against a Russian factory in Bryansk.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of the strike indicates that Kyiv used a modified version \u2014 unveiled earlier this year \u2014 of the homegrown truck-launched missile. While the Neptune was originally designed to hit naval assets and warships, Ukraine tweaked the weapon to strike land targets as it sought to broaden its long-range arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;At night, our &#039;Neptune&#039; successfully struck the Russian Karachev &#039;Elektrodetal&#039; plant,&quot; the Ukrainian navy wrote in a statement on Monday evening, posting several photos of a major fire in an urban area. Business Insider could not independently verify the authenticity of the images.<\/p>\n<p>Karachev is a city in Bryansk, a Russian region bordering Ukraine&#039;s northern Chernihiv region. It is around 70 miles from Ukraine&#039;s border, but the Ukrainian General Staff said the missile strike on Monday was conducted over a range of 240 km, or about 150 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The General Staff said four missiles were launched in the attack, but did not specify which types.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Explosions and a fire were recorded on the territory of the facility,&quot; it said in a statement on Monday. &quot;The results of the damage are being clarified.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the targeted factory specializes in manufacturing electrical parts, such as high- and low-frequency connectors, for military and aerospace components such as aircraft and antennas.<\/p>\n<p>The strike comes several months after Ukraine first reported deploying its modified R-360 Neptune against a land target in March. Kyiv said it attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse at a range of more than 300 miles, calling the tweaked anti-ship missile the &quot;Long Neptune.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The missile is a subsonic weapon manufactured by Ukrainian defense firm Luch Design Bureau, and was originally based on the Soviet Kh-35.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in March that the Long Neptune version featured an extended range of 620 miles, up from an initial 175 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has been expanding its homegrown range of long-range missiles as it tries to reduce reliance on Western-provided strike weapons, which have typically come with targeting restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The US, for example, has been inconsistent with support for long-range strikes, and was reported to have blocked Kyiv from hitting some Russian targets with ATACMS amid negotiation attempts earlier this year. However, President Donald Trump&#039;s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said on Sunday that the current administration is inclined to allow Ukraine to attack Russian soil with American weapons again.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukraine has been deploying its own fixed-wing drones for strikes deep in Russian territory, more recently against dozens of oil facilities.<\/p>\n<p>It unveiled a new weapon in August, the &quot;Flamingo,&quot; which was reported to have a range of 1,800 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020. General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukraine&#039;s navy said one of Kyiv&#039;s modified anti-ship missiles was used to strike a Russian factory. It&#039;s another reported land-based hit for the R-360 Neptune, originally made to attack naval targets. 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