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==The Flamingo==
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|[[File:V1 flying bomb on ramp.jpg|198px]]
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>Left: The [[UK]]/[[Ukraine]] 'Flamingo'; Right: The German V-1 "buzz bomb" with launcher arrived too late with certain vulnerabilities to make a difference. It's design decades later was the prototype for American Predator drone and others.
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The Flamingo belongs to a much larger discussion in the [[:Category:Weapons Development]], which is a much larger Category.
The Flamingo is 1940s [[German]] [[technology]] pirated by the [[British]] with 1950s technology. Between the 1950s and 1970s, it underwent several upgrades. With the coming of modern [[cruise missile]]s like the British [[Storm Shadow]], it was retired from service and its production ended. However, a large stockpile built over 40 years was warehoused.
Now in 2025 the [[UK]] is unloading its stockpile on [[Ukraine]]. It is shipped to Ukraine in parts, and reassembled as a "Ukrainian produced" weapon. This of course is complete nonsense. It's only one example of the [[lies]], [[psyop]]s, and [[propaganda]] in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] which has been on going since 2014. It is however a good introductory example of both [[weapons development]] and the international arms trade which crucial to understanding any and all wars, [[foreign policy]], [[international relations]], etc. etc. etc, past, present, and future. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]</sup> 17:39, October 27, 2025 (EDT)
{|class="infobox" style="float:right; font-size:85%; width:1ex; line-height:17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 50px" cellpadding="1"
|[[File:Photo_2025-08-18_10-08-33.jpg|235px]]
|[[File:V1 flying bomb on ramp.jpg|198px]]
|-
|colspan="3"|<hr/>Left: The [[UK]]/[[Ukraine]] 'Flamingo'; Right: The German V-1 "buzz bomb" with launcher arrived too late with certain vulnerabilities to make a difference. It's design decades later was the prototype for American Predator drone and others.
|}
The Flamingo belongs to a much larger discussion in the [[:Category:Weapons Development]], which is a much larger Category.
The Flamingo is 1940s [[German]] [[technology]] pirated by the [[British]] with 1950s technology. Between the 1950s and 1970s, it underwent several upgrades. With the coming of modern [[cruise missile]]s like the British [[Storm Shadow]], it was retired from service and its production ended. However, a large stockpile built over 40 years was warehoused.
Now in 2025 the [[UK]] is unloading its stockpile on [[Ukraine]]. It is shipped to Ukraine in parts, and reassembled as a "Ukrainian produced" weapon. This of course is complete nonsense. It's only one example of the [[lies]], [[psyop]]s, and [[propaganda]] in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] which has been on going since 2014. It is however a good introductory example of both [[weapons development]] and the international arms trade which crucial to understanding any and all wars, [[foreign policy]], [[international relations]], etc. etc. etc, past, present, and future. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]</sup> 17:39, October 27, 2025 (EDT)