Last week we talked oil refineries and the value of being able to strike sensitive economic targets. Today, we talk about the means to try and do that – and Ukraine’s efforts to develop hard hitting long range weapons that might let it reach deeper into the Russian interior. The most recent system in that category to get media attention is the so called “Flamingo” cruise missile and today, by popular vote, I want to talk about it for three main reasons: To look at the missile, why Ukraine wants it and what it could mean for the war if produced in quantity To ask why a number of nations around the world are now pursuing or expanding their Ground Launched Cruise Missile Arsenals, in some cases despite previously banning or never possessing them To discuss an example of what it takes to design and produce a system under austere wartime conditions, and what the Flamingo experience might signal for other nations watching the Ukrainian experience that might be concerned about increasing their own military preparedness.