Ukraine Shows a Home-Built Missile Designed to Hit Ballistic Targets for the First Time, the Koral, at Poland’s MSPO
The redesigned missile weighs about 450 kilograms and carries a 36-kilogram warhead, with a guidance system built to hit air and ballistic targets.
- Ukraine unveiled the launcher for its Koral surface-to-air missile at the MSPO defense exhibition in Poland on September 8, 2026, revealing a system designed to engage both conventional aerial and ballistic targets.
- Development began in 2016, with Luch Design Bureau displaying a full-size mockup at an exhibition in 2021 to create a modular weapon adaptable for naval and land-based air defense systems.
- The latest Koral weighs approximately 450 kg with a 36 kg warhead and uses inertial navigation, radio-command correction, and an active radar seeker to independently home on targets during final engagement phases.
- Displays confirm significant changes since the original concept, which envisioned a 300 kg missile with a 25 kg warhead; the current version is longer and roughly 50% heavier.
- Luch chief designer Oleh Korosteliov previously estimated development at approximately 70% complete, with the company planning a family of Ukrainian-made air defense systems covering engagement envelopes from 10 kilometers to 100 kilometers.
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Ukraine has unveiled the launcher for its domestically developed Koral surface-to-air missile for the first time, revealing a significantly evolved weapon designed to engage both conventional aerial threats and ballistic targets.
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