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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.
|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 missile''' is 1940s [[German]] [[technology]] pirated by the [[British]] and recast with 1950s technology. Between the 1950s and 1970s, it underwent several upgrades to keep up with the [[innovation|technical improvements]] of the times. With the coming of modern [[cruise missile]]s in the 1980s and British [[Storm Shadow]], it was retired from service and its production ended. However, a large stockpile built over 40 years was warehoused.
The '''Flamingo missile''' is 1940s [[World War II]] [[German]] design pirated by the [[British]] and recast with 1950s technology. Between the 1950s and 1970s, it underwent several upgrades to keep up with the [[innovation|technical improvements]] of the times. With the coming of modern [[cruise missile]]s in the 1980s and British [[Storm Shadow]], it was retired from service and its production ended. However, a large stockpile built over 40 years was warehoused.
In 2025 the [[UK]] began unloading its stockpile on [[Ukraine]]. The Flamingo is shipped to Ukraine in parts, and reassembled as a "Ukrainian produced" weapon. The Flamingo is part of a larger [[money laundering]] scheme investigated by the [[National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine]] (NABU) and the [[FBI]] under the name "[[Operation Midas]]".
In 2025 the [[UK]] began unloading its stockpile on [[Ukraine]]. The Flamingo is shipped to Ukraine in parts, and reassembled as a "Ukrainian produced" weapon. The Flamingo is part of a larger [[money laundering]] scheme investigated by the [[National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine]] (NABU) and the [[FBI]] under the name "[[Operation Midas]]".
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Weapons]]