I was thinking things like MLRS but can be crafted but would take stages, like an ICBM that can be built at base in a silo where you have to build the platform, then the engine, the body that would take some type of fuel either diesel or low grade, and the longer the distance more fuel needed, then you would have to build the warhead and to defend against one there would need to be a new type of SAM site that would fire one rocket to intercept it, along with an early warning system that can detect an incoming warhead that would be connected to the SAM site (the sam site would only fit one rocket per load)
because our rust character knows how to make a fucking nuclear bomb. And also has a nearby source of plutonium-239