The head of Russia’s Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, while supervising the execution of the state defense order at enterprises of the military-industrial complex, including those within the Almaz-Antey group in the Tula region, gave a clear directive. The aim is to ramp up the production of radar detection equipment. This directive was reported by the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation through TASS.
Footage from production workshops of the facility, which operates as part of JSC Concern VKO Almaz-Antey, was released to illustrate the scale of the effort.
“The head of the Russian military department has issued the task of expanding the production and repair of radar detection equipment intended for use in a special military operation,” the official statement said.
On August 15, Viktor Baranets, a veteran colonel and military observer for Komsomolskaya Pravda, claimed that the Russian armed forces have targeted Ukraine’s military resources, including Soviet-era weapons, as well as weapons supplied by NATO members and non-allied partners of Kyiv.
Earlier, Shoigu was noted as having a position within the broader Ukrainian military framework. There is concern about the availability of technology resistant to Russian arms.
On August 14, Shoigu reported that Western-sold equipment marketed as advanced was not operating at optimal levels in combat conditions, indicating several shortcomings in real-world performance.
Subsequent discussions in the United States and elsewhere have highlighted perceived threats to the Armed Forces, as observers weigh the implications of battlefield dynamics and defense supply chains.