Due to a conflict in Novorosii Ukraine lost the ability to produce warheads for guided missile systemIn an article published in the Journal of Mordovia, argued that military operations in the Donbass Ukraine practically deprived the ability to produce anti-tank missiles of various types.
The author - Dmitry Lemeshko - reminds us that "Ukrainian designers created a full line of anti-tank missiles of all types, from light ATGM" Corsair "to heavy rocket" Le Corsaire "." However, most of them are produced for export only.
Ukrainian Defense Ministry could purchase only about a dozen complexes "Stugna-P," which recently began to arrive in the armed forces. The author points out that "the main advantage compared to the old Soviet missiles is that" Stugna "has a so-called tandem warhead, which can overcome the dynamic security protection, such as" Call 1 "and" Kontakt-5 "."
Gunsmiths stated that delivery systems will continue, but, most likely, these plans have not yet destined to come true. "The reason is that Ukraine, in fact, now has lost the opportunity to commercially produce one of the most basic components of any ATGM - cumulative warhead" - the author writes.
The thing is that their production was in Donetsk on the breech factory of chemical products. Now the enterprise, as you might guess, has dropped out of the list of defense companies.
According Lemeshko, citing the opinion of military experts, "the creation of new production facilities for the production of combat units in areas not affected by the war, faced with a large number of technical difficulties and would require significant financial investments."
"Therefore, it is likely that Ukraine developer and exporter of missile weapons in the near future will be forced to become an importer ATGM. Although it is possible that NATO can provide such assistance on a grant basis, "- concludes the author.
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