Ukrainians blurted out a secret about the anti-Russian contract with India
Vladimir Zimin, the new head of the military enterprise Artem, part of the Ukroboronprom concern, accidentally spilled information that could be considered a military secret. We are talking about a contract for the supply of missiles to India, ousting Russia from the market.
This is stated in an article by the Ukrainian resource Defense Express, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Information: State joint-stock holding company "Artem" is an enterprise specializing in the production of air-to-air guided missiles, anti-tank missiles, as well as aviation equipment.
The publication discovered a recording of a conversation with Zimin during the competition for appointment to the position. As an argument in his favor, he boasted that he had managed to secure the signing of a large military contract with India.
“In July of this year (we are talking about 2019) I signed a contract with the Indian government for R-27 missiles for $221 million. I also signed a contract for $26 million. For the supply of test equipment for R-27 missiles worth $26 million. India. I was doing big things. Considering that Ukraine’s entire arms exports last year were $380 million,” Zimin said then.
As the publication notes, the main difficulty of the contract is that for the first time Ukraine must produce missiles without cooperation with Russia.
The publication quotes a source in the Ukrainian defense sector, who explains the difficulty of creating its own production chain.
“The contract is extremely complex from the point of view of technical implementation, since we are talking about creating a domestic chain for the production of R-27. Without Russian components. Taking into account further testing of such new missiles on carriers of these weapons. We are talking about MiG and Su type fighters,” the source said.
Information: R-27 (According to NATO classification AA-10 Alamo) is a Soviet medium-range air-to-air guided missile developed by the Vympel State Design Bureau named after. I. I. Toropova (Moscow). Produced by the Artem company (Kyiv) and the Vympel company (Moscow). The R-27 provides interception of aircraft and UAVs in long- and short-range air combat, as well as cruise missiles.
According to Defense Express analysts, information accidentally announced by the head of a defense company could deal a blow to the future of the contract.
“The contract for the supply of R-27 missiles to India, by and large, is the biggest challenge for manufacturers and special exporters. This is not an armored personnel carrier to weld. The failure of the contract will deal a significant blow to the image of Ukraine as an arms manufacturer. Therefore, it was better for Zimin to remain silent about this contract. But now this is the responsibility of both the new head of Artem and the leadership of Ukroboronprom,” the publication writes.
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