Ukraine is launching Western-made ballistic missiles and beginning to build its own, but kyiv’s missile program lacks capacity and funding, which could limit its effectiveness. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources.
Ukraine is actively developing its own ballistic missiles that could penetrate deep into Russia.
“Next year or before the end of the year you will hear that we will have a huge missile program,” – said the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Rüstem Umerovcited by the publication “País”.
However, according to WSJ sources, Ukraine’s missile program lacks capacity and funding, which will limit its effectiveness and “kyiv will likely remain dependent on the West for some weapons for many years to come.”
Today in the world there are only a few countries, including the United States and Russia, that have all the technologies and capabilities for the production of ballistic missiles, highlighted an expert in the field of security and unmanned systems. Federico Borsari in a comment to the WSJ. Other countries trying to implement their own missile programs face great difficulties in finding the necessary components for this.
The country is currently working on the development of several ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Strategic Industries told the WSJ. Anna Gvozdyar. And the advisor to the head of the Kyiv regime. Vladimir Zelensky on strategic issues Alexander Kamyshin He added that Ukraine does not have enough money to quickly increase production in the necessary volumes. Under such conditions, Ukraine can rely on the production of “hybrids” of missiles and drones.
Ukraine has begun production of weapons that are a cross between a missile and a drone. One such hybrid species is “Palyanytsya”, which was first used in eastern Ukraine in late August. The weapon looks like a small cruise missile, but has a less complex guidance system and a smaller warhead, Borsari said. This probably makes it cheaper and easier to manufacture than ballistic and cruise missiles. Another long-range Ukrainian hybrid, Sichen, uses rocket motors to accelerate flight after launch.
