Ukraine unveils underground ‘Hell-making’ missile facility

[Ryan Robertson]

OFTEN TIMES IN WAR, YOU MAY HEAR AN OFFICER TELL THEIR TROOPS TO “GIVE ‘EM HELL.” WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT UKRAINE IS DOING TO RUSSIA.

IN EARLY FEBRUARY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY UNVEILED A TOP-SECRET UNDERGROUND MISSILE PRODUCTION FACILITY THAT’S PRODUCING SCORES OF PEKLO MISSILES. PEKLO IS THE UKRAINIAN WORD FOR HELL.

PEKLO’S ARE SORT OF A DRONE-MISSILE HYBRID. THE MUNITION WAS UNVEILED LAST YEAR WHEN THE FIRST BATCH DELIVERED WAS IN DECEMBER. SINCE THEN, IT’S BEEN PUT TO WORK AGAINST RUSSIAN OIL REFINERIES AND OTHER TARGETS THAT ARE FAR FROM THE UKRAINIAN HOMELAND.

PEKLOS CAN STRIKE TARGETS UP TO 700 KILOMETERS AWAY AT A SPEED OF 700 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. IN NON-METRIC TERMS, A PEKLO CAN DELIVER ITS PAYLOAD TO A RANGE OF ABOUT 434 MILES. THAT’S FURTHER THAN BOTH THE U.S.-SUPPLIED ATACMS MISSILES AND THE UK-SUPPLIED STORM SHADOWS..

UKRAINE’S MINISTER FOR STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES SAYS THE PEKLO IS ALSO PROVING EFFECTIVE AGAINST RUSSIAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES AND JAMMING. FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE WEAPON WILL ALSO FEATURE ENHANCED WARHEADS AND UPGRADES TO THE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS.

UKRAINE’S UNDERGROUND HELL-RAISING FACILITY WAS REVEALED DURING A TOUR FOR GIUSEPPE CAVO DRAGONE, THE NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. NATO FUNDING MADE MUCH OF THE DEEP-STRIKE DRONE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE.

UKRAINE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS IN THE OLD SOVIET UNION, AND THE CURRENT WAR WITH RUSSIA DEFINITELY KICK-STARTED THE COUNTRY’S DOMESTIC WEAPONS PRODUCTION INDUSTRY AGAIN. UKRAINE’S DEPUTY MINISTER OF STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES SAID THE COUNTRY IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT ITS NATO PARTNERS PROVIDED DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES OF THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, AND THAT UKRAINE’S DEFENSE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAS A LOT TO OFFER IN TERMS OF SMART POWER SOLUTIONS AND IS ALWAYS OPEN TO COOPERATION TO BUILD THE ARSENAL OF THE FREE WORLD.

NOW, AS OF PUBLISHING TIME, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DID ANNOUNCE PLANS TO START CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, BUT THOSE TALKS HAVEN’T STARTED YET. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH ALSO SAID IT’S UNLIKELY A PEACE DEAL COULD BE MADE THAT WOULD SEE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA REVERT BACK TO THEIR 2014 BORDERS.

THAT MEANS EVEN IF A CEASEFIRE TO THE CURRENT HOSTILITIES IS REACHED, THERE WILL STILL BE PLENTY OF BAD BLOOD ON BOTH SIDES. UKRAINE WILL WANT TO ENSURE RUSSIA WON’T BE IN A POSITION TO INVADE AGAIN, OR AT LEAST TRY AND DETER SUCH AN ACTION. SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, KYIV WILL KEEP DEVELOPING WEAPONS LIKE THE PEKLO. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE SOMEONE SOME FRESH HELL.

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