Russia’s yearly ballistic missile output surpasses U.S. interceptor production — expert

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

“Currently, Russia produces more Iskander ballistic missiles per year than the U.S. military industry can produce interceptor missiles for these Iskanders. Relatively speaking, the Russians produce 750 missiles and the Americans 650. There is also an unpleasant nuance: The United States depends on China to supply rare earth metals for these missiles. Therefore, the question is how many missiles the U.S. defense industry will be able to produce this year,” Kyrychevskyi said.

According to the military expert, there is currently no open data on North Korean missiles, but there is already evidence that the North Korean defense industry operates as a branch of the Russian one.

“That is, North Korea manufactures its missiles using materials, technologies, and drawings that it receives from Russia. Why is it that in official reports they say Iskander-KN-23? Because it is the same product, manufactured in different parts of the world. In Russia, it is closer to the Urals, in North Korea, it is on the peninsula. That is, it is the same missile, unfortunately,” Kyrychevskyi explained.

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that, according to preliminary information, Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile during the attack on Kyiv on April 24.