Ukraine arms maker finds export interest in ‘combat-proven’ missiles

KIELCE, Poland — Ukraine’s defense industry is observing a spike in demand from foreign customers interested in securing weapons proven in combat against Russia’s invasion, according to representatives of leading Ukrainian defense group Ukroboronprom.

“Our Skif man-portable, anti-tank missile system has already been exported to 10 countries around the world, and our Corsar light portable missile system has been exported to six countries,” Anton Pashynskyi, the chief business development officer at State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch, an Ukroboronprom offshoot, told Defense News at the MSPO defense industry show here.

“Right now, our company’s efforts are focused on supplying our weapons to the Ukrainian military, but we’re also in talks with customers from various parts of the world who are very much interested in our missiles’ capacities and would like to buy them when they are available,” he said.

Pashynskyi said that “a Middle Eastern country wants to buy our Vilkha multiple rocket launcher with guided missiles, and there is a potential Far Eastern country interested in buying Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles developed by our bureau.”

“These products are all combat proven and widely used by our military to fight against Russian invaders, it was a Neptune missile that sunk the Russian Moskva cruiser earlier this year,” according to the company representative.

The Ukrainian military sunk the Moskva , the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, on April 14.

Luch is currently developing a naval version of the Neptune missile, Pashynskyi said.

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

波兰凯尔采——据乌克兰领先的国防集团 Ukroboronprom 的代表称，乌克兰国防工业正注意到外国客户对在对抗俄罗斯入侵的战斗中证明有效的武器的需求激增。

“我们的‘斯基夫’单兵便携式反坦克导弹系统已经出口到世界10个国家，我们的‘科尔萨’轻型便携式导弹系统已经出口到6个国家，”乌克兰国防工业公司旗下子公司基辅国立设计局“卢奇”的首席业务发展官安东·帕申斯基在MSPO防务工业展上告诉《防务新闻》。

他说：“目前，我们公司的工作重点是向乌克兰军方供应武器，但我们也正在与来自世界各地的客户进行洽谈，他们对我们的导弹性能非常感兴趣，并希望在导弹上市后购买。”

帕申斯基表示，“一个中东国家想购买我们的维尔卡多管火箭炮及制导导弹，还有一个潜在的远东国家有兴趣购买我们设计局研制的海王星反舰巡航导弹。”

据该公司代表称：“这些产品都经过实战检验，并被我军广泛用于对抗俄罗斯侵略者。今年早些时候击沉俄罗斯莫斯科号巡洋舰的就是海王星导弹。”

4月14日，乌克兰军队击沉了俄罗斯黑海舰队旗舰“莫斯科”号。

帕申斯基说，卢奇目前正在研发海王星导弹的海军版本。

Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。