Katerina Schwartz17:47, 30.07.24

Its main products are reported to be intercontinental ballistic missile control systems.

The Russian defense plant NPO Avtomatiki im. N.A. Semikhatov is burning in Yekaterinburg. Russian Telegram channels are publishing videos of the large-scale fire.

According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the roof of a chemical production facility is on fire. The fire area is 800 square meters. There are no reports of casualties.

It is known that the N.A. Semikhatov Scientific and Production Association of Automatics is one of the largest enterprises in the Russian Federation in the field of development and production of control systems and electronic equipment for space technology.

As military-political observer Alexander Kovalenko noted, this plant specializes in the development and production of control systems and automation equipment, and its main products are control systems for sea-based and silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Defense plant on fire in Russia

Recall that it was previously reported that on July 30, drones attacked the Mozdok military airfield in North Ossetia of the Russian Federation. Several videos of the aftermath of the attack were published.

It was noted that traces of air defense missiles were visible in the sky. Preliminary, there is no destruction or casualties. The head of the republic, Sergei Menyailo, traditionally for the Russian authorities, reported on the destruction of the UAV.

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