The "state-of-art" Oreshnik missile Russia used in Dnipro attack was assembled 7 years ago - Defense Express

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has been caught lying once again. Previously, he called the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile the Russians hit Dnipro with on November 21 a "state-of-art" development. However, the serial number and production date of April 12, 2017 found on one of the Oreshnik parts say otherwise.

This was reported by the Defense Express. Journalists received a photo of the part from their own sources. The fact that this missile uses a part that is more than 7 years old indicates that this particular missile was assembled around 2017-2018.

Analysts suggest that the missile has been in storage since then.

As noted, in 2017, Russia announced plans to start mass production of the RS-26 Rubezh, which is the real name of the Oreshnik. But a year later, it was decided not to adopt the RS-26.

Probably, there is no Oreshnik, and only the name is new, not the missile itself.

"This also means that the development of Oreshnik started much earlier, because 2017 is the year of production of a specific part. The design of this missile apparently began in the early 2010s, if not earlier," the article says.

Experts note that in 2017, Russia already had a control system for an intermediate-range ballistic missile. This once again proves that the Kremlin was actively violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the United States with this development, not just with missiles for Iskander.

The publication also draws attention to the fact that the found part has the index "EFIT 302811.002". Analysts associate this marking with the Joint Stock Company Scientific Production Center of Automatics and Instrument Building Named After Academician NA Pilyugin (FSUE, NVCAP), which is part of Roscosmos and supplies control systems for Zenit, Proton-M, and Fregat rockets.

Presumably, NVCAP also equips the Oreshnik, which is assembled using Yars ICBM components.

Russia fired an experimental Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile at Dnipro in an attempt to send a "strategic signal" in response to Ukraine's use of Western missiles to strike Russian territory. However, Putin lied about the innovation range of this missile and the number of similar models in Russia's arsenal.

The Oreshnik missile Russia hit Dnipro with on November 21 was equipped with several warheads, but they did not contain explosives. As a result, the damage was minimal.

As reported, earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted sharply to Putin's proposal to hold a "technological duel" between the Russian Oreshnik missile and Western air defense systems in Ukraine. He called this statement a manifestation of inadequacy.

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