Russia’s only S-300 and S-400 missile factory caught fire in Moscow

According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, a fire broke out at the Avangard plant in Moscow, which is part of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern joint-stock company.

Military factory Avangard, the primary producer of S-300 & S-400 missiles, is on fire in Moscow.

According to preliminary data, the fire spread to 50 square meters. However, the fire department workers who came to help located her.

It is currently unknown what caused the fire and whether there were any victims.

JSC Moscow Machine-Building Plant “Avangard” is part of the joint-stock company “Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern”. This enterprise produces missiles for the S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.

In the Russian capital a fire at the military plant “Avangard”, which specializes in manufacturing missiles for S-300 and S-400 systems. RosSMI reports this, reports UNN.

At the same time, the plant’s website states that the enterprise is the only one in Russia that produces these missiles. According to 2017 data, 2.5 thousand workers worked at the plant.

t is likely that Ukrainian drones were involved in the explosion at Votkinsk Machine Building Plant near Izhevsk, Russia, which produces missiles for Iskander systems, given that it is located 1,200 km from Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said in a report on X (Twitter) on Feb. 9.

There is a realistic possibility that the explosion is due to negligent handling and storing of highly volatile, combustible, and explosive materials, the intelligence said.

© 2024, GDC. © GDC and www.globaldefensecorp.com. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to www.globaldefensecorp.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.