A domestically produced missile would give Ukraine the ability to strike targets in Russia without using weapons donated by the West..

Ukrainian officials say their military is now using a long-range missile that was designed and manufactured domestically and can reach targets inside Russia

  • andrei_chiffa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    R-36 “Satan” was desinged by and manufactured at Yuzhmash, now Pivden’mash, located in Dnipro, Ukraine. More recently, Pivden’mash has been building “Zenit” rockets, that has >70 successful launches and has a 13.7 t payload to LEO.

    I think Ukraine is mostly waiting for a proper excuse rather than capabilities to send non-nucler ICBM in towards strategic locations in Russia.