Ukraine completes work on new missile defense system, awaits European partner components

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has completed its share of Freyja, the multinational antiballistic shield that Europe and Kyiv are racing to bring together, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said earlier this month, putting the onus on partner countries and their defense contractors to develop the interceptor’s remaining components fast enough to conduct initial tests by year’s end. Fire Point, the Ukrainian company leading the project , is building the FP-7.X interceptor and its launcher while partners such as Norway’s Kongsberg and Germany’s Diehl Defence are responsible for developing…