Fire Point’s Denmark missile-fuel plant delayed to 2027 as costs potentially triple
Denmark removed 20-plus legal barriers for Fire Point’s rocket-fuel plant, but safety rules still make a new factory necessary.
Fire Point, a Ukrainian defense manufacturer, has delayed its missile-fuel plant in Denmark until late 2027 due to safety issues and potential cost overruns, reports Euractiv. The plant, which will produce solid rocket propellant for Fire Point's Flamingo cruise missiles, was originally estimated to cost €50 million but now exceeds €150 million.
Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh revealed the revised plan at DALO Industry Days, a defense-industry conference in Herning. The delay has postponed the new capacity by a year, moving some production away from Russian attacks in Ukraine. Denmark, the first NATO country to allow Ukrainian military production on its soil, had already removed over 20 legal barriers to expedite the project.
Fire Point currently manufactures missiles and drones at 90 locations across Ukraine, supplying more than half of Ukraine's deep-strike weapons. The company also produces 300 drones daily. Denmark funds Ukrainian arms makers through the "Danish model," which finances weapons directly from Ukrainian manufacturers. In June, about $200 million of the €590 million military aid package to Ukraine was directed through this mechanism. Denmark has committed approximately $11.7 billion in military support to Ukraine from 2022 to 2028.
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