Posted on 08/27/2024 7:40:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that his military had recently carried out the first successful test of a domestically produced ballistic missile.
His announcement in Kyiv came in the wake of two consecutive nights of large-scale Russian bombardments across Ukraine that killed several people and battered energy infrastructure.
"There has been a positive test of the first Ukrainian ballistic missile. I congratulate our defence industry on this. I can't share any more details about this missile," he said at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital.
Ukraine has been attempting to develop its own arms industry and encourage military production on its own territory as part of efforts to become less dependent on Western military aid.
Zelensky said last week that his forces had deployed in combat for the first time a Ukrainian-made long-range "rocket drone" called Palianytsia.
Kyiv has signed agreements with Western arms companies on the production of small arms and ammunition.
Indigenously, or produced within country.
But, the tech no doubt comes from elsewhere.
No matter, it’s to allow Ukraine to launch ‘its own’ missiles against Russia without others accusing NATO or the U.S of intervening.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/europe/ukraine-north-korea-spies/index.html
Operation Paper Clipsia
We got Nazis
The Soviet Union got Nazis...
In reality it is secretly a US design no doubt.
Correct - for a long time, Ukraine supplied many crucial parts to the Russian space program, too.
The Ukies must have pulled some old engineers out of retirement?
Bkmk
“Indigenously made”, designed, machined ,manufactured, deployed and operated by US and British engineers and “contractors”.
(special shout out thx to US Congress!)
“indigenously made”
Is that kinda like “made in the USA” where, for example, stuff like Japanese trucks are made in Japan/Mexico/other and shipped here missing the tailgate or truck bed and they slap one on and call it “US made?”
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