Russia Increases Production of Drones, Tanks, Missiles and Flamethrower Systems

Illustration of Russian drones. (Wikimedia Commons/Mil.ru/men's

JAKARTA - Russia is increasing production of various types of drones, along with increasing attacks with unmanned aircraft in special military operations areas, as well as increasing production of tanks, rocket launchers and missiles.

In Tuesday's announcement, state-owned Rostec will increase several-fold production of Lancet and Kub kamikaze drones, as well as Takhion and Grenade drones.

"The capacity for UAV production has been expanded, which will help us double the production of Kub, Lancet, Grenade, Takhion and other UAVs," said Bekkhan Ozdoyev, Director of Rostec's Arms, Ammunition and Special Chemicals Cluster Industry, as reported by TASS, September 19.

Furthermore, Ozdoyev said that his party also plans to increase production of Kitolov, Strela, Vikr missiles and 9M333 guided missiles.

Not only that, production of tanks, several rocket launchers, flamethrowers and thermal imaging systems has also been increased.

"The companies involved in the implementation of the State Defense Order are working around the clock. Production of various types of weapons has increased two to ten times. The main ones are tanks and auxiliary combat vehicles. Then light armored equipment, multiple launch rocket systems, flamethrower systems heavy, thermal optical devices and weapons and others," he explained.

"In addition, production of missiles for the Kinzhal, Iskander and Pantsir systems, aerial bombs, artillery, guided missiles and tank shells, as well as other things is also increasing," Ozdoyev stressed.

It is known that the Russian Ministry of Defense regularly reports the destruction of targets using Kub and Lancet kamikaze drones during special military operations in Ukraine.

Apart from that, Russia has also reportedly used Takhion drones to detect secret positions of Ukrainian troops from the air.

Previously, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August that state companies were producing enough weapons for the special military operation.