Ukraine can't hit everything it wants in Russia with US-made ATACMs, so it's making do with a homemade option

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A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020.
A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukraine appears to be hunting Russia's formidable S-400 air defense systems in Crimea with modified Neptune anti-ship missiles

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A column of Russian missile S-400 Triumf systems drive along the Garden Ring road towards the Red Square for a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.
A column of Russian missile S-400 Triumf systems drive along the Garden Ring road towards the Red Square for a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.

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