Ukraine produces dozens of analogues of Iranian kamikaze drones per month

Ukraine produces dozens of drones every month which are analogues of Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones.

Source: Forbes with reference to Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, at the annual meeting of the European Business Association 

Details: Kamyshin said that the defence industry is currently making a significant contribution to the country's economic growth and should become its main sector in the future.

Quote from Kamyshin: "Starting with what is called the Ukrainian Shahed drone, we do not specify the name of this product, but we have launched its mass production, and we are producing dozens of them monthly now, continuing with many other items that we used to produce a very small amount of. We have decent figures now."  

Details: He noted that a multiple-times increase in production does not always meet the government's expectations.

"We are satisfied with tenfold growth or more. We have such growth in many areas," he explained.

In this case, it is not about integrating business with Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian state-owned defence industry concern, because state-owned plants are working, and investors are developing the private sector. Today, many drone companies have spotted an opportunity to find resources  at one of the state-owned plants that they cannot find on their own.

Kamyshin cited an example where a service centre at a state-owned plant helps small private drone manufacturing companies. He said that this is an example of how the government helps a small business, using its own resources.

"In this regard, the Ukrainian Shahed drone ended up being produced at a state-owned plant," the minister said.

Background: It was reported earlier that mass production of a new kamikaze drone has been launched, and the Defence Forces are already ordering it for their operations.

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