Russia can't produce 25 Oreshnik missiles a month - Expert assessment
Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (photo: Getty Images)
The information spread by the media that the Russian Federation is allegedly capable of producing up to 25 Oreshnik missiles per month is not true. The fake is aimed at Western countries, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation chief, Andrii Kovalenko.
25 Oreshniks per month
According to Military Watch Magazine, citing intelligence data, Russia can allegedly produce up to 300 Oreshnik missiles a year. It is noted that the missile is capable of deploying both nuclear and regular warheads, as well as hitting up to six targets, making it “highly valued as a means of engaging Western Bloc forces across Europe, as well as deep into the Pacific and Arctic.”
In particular, the publication noted that it is possible that the increased production of the Oreshnik will lead to a reduction in the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles, in particular, the RS-24 Yars.
Fear-mongering in the West
According to Kovalenko, the information about Russia's ability to produce 25 Oreshniks per month is not true.
“The media outlet through which this disinformation is spread in the English-speaking world is a kind of gasket for legitimizing information favorable to Russia and further spreading it,” he writes.
The head of the Center noted that due to the sanctions pressure, the production cycle of high-tech missiles in Russia has slowed down significantly. At the same time, due to the intensive use of drones, they are able to accumulate Kh-101s and Kalibrs.
“However, the production of more technologically advanced missiles, such as the Kinzhal, is limited to a few. And the Oreshnik is an even more technologically advanced cycle, so the information about the stamping of this intercontinental ballistic missile is a deliberate fake. The purpose of the fake is to spread fear in Western societies,” he said.
Oreshnik strike on Ukraine
On November 21, the Russian army launched a missile attack on Dnipro. At the same time, the Air Force of Ukraine (AFU) announced the first use of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Russians.
Later, Vladimir Putin said that the terrorists had test-fired the Oreshnik medium-range missile system.
As explained by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the new missile was fired from the Kedr missile system.
