Day: December 27, 2024

Russia’s arsenal of long-range missiles currently consists of up to 1,400 units of various types, with a significant portion being a stockpile reserve. At the same time, the aggressor country is capable of producing 120 to 150 Iskanders, Kalibers, and X-101 missiles per month, states Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

Missile arsenal

According to the representative of military intelligence, among the approximately 1,400 long-range missiles in Russia’s reserve, there are:

• about 350 sea-launched cruise missiles of the Kalibr type;
• 500 medium-range anti-ship missiles Onyx;
• more than 50 air-launched ballistic missiles of the Kinzhal type;
• over 130 Iskander missiles;
• more than 400 missiles of the X-101 class (strategic air-launched cruise missiles, air-to-ground), X-55 (strategic aviation cruise missiles), and X-35 (subsonic cruise anti-ship missiles).

“On many positions, this is an untouched stockpile. Therefore, they pay a lot of attention to planning, and reconnaissance, and do not act recklessly as they did during the early stages of the full-scale invasion,” Yusov noted.

Missile production

The representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Intelligence Directorate emphasized that the production of missiles by Russia is still critically dependent on foreign components. He highlighted the importance of both the international sanctions regime and strengthening the monitoring of its enforcement.

Regarding the threat of new large-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian territory, Yusov urged citizens to take air raid warnings seriously.

As for Russia’s ability to replenish its stockpiles of various types of missiles, according to the GUR representative, the Russian forces are capable of producing 40 to 50 Iskander missiles, 30 to 50 Kalibr missiles, and about 50 X-101 missiles per month.

Drone manufacturing

Furthermore, Yusov noted that Russia has also increased the production of drones of various types.

He added that Russia was heavily dependent on supplies of strike drones from allied countries and foreign components for them during the early stages. However, transferred technologies and established production now allow Moscow to independently manufacture drones of various kinds.

The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate also pointed out that the enemy continues to actively use decoy drones to exhaust Ukraine’s air defense systems.

On December 27, the Financial Times reported that despite sanctions and export controls, Russia continues to use Western technologies for the production of its weapons, including the Oreshnik missile.

Additionally, according to US broadcaster CNN, Russia is actively ramping up the production of Shahed-136 drones at a factory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Tatarstan).