Today we are releasing our first OSINT collection "Roscosmos". As the only producer of intercontinental ballistic missiles in Russia, Roscosmos plays a central role in maintaining the Russian WMD delivery capabilities.

Let's have a look at how they produce missiles. It is two companies within Roscosmos that are primarily responsible for the missile production. The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT) makes solid-propellant missiles, Makeyev Design Bureau – liquid propellant ones.

Our investigation is covering both.

How do you make a missile engine?

Long range cruise missiles play a major role in the Russian war in Ukraine. They serve as a means of nuclear blackmail, of conventional strikes and of terror against the civilian infrastructure

Let's revise what one needs to produce them The Rostec-associated "ODK Saturn" makes engines for all the longest range cruise missiles in Russia including Kh-101, Kh-555 and the Kalibr family. This is one of the most strategically important and technologically advanced weaponry producers in Russia

Titan-Barrikady is the Russian producer of Iskander launchers. In 2021, its Chief Technologist Ingemansson A.R. defended a doctoral dissertation on "securing consistency of the machining processes"

It were the HAAS milling and turning machines that his research was based upon "Turning was conducted on the SL-40L CNC lathe, milling - on the horizontal drilling-milling-boring EC-1600 machining center (all production of "Haas Automation", USA)"

On Monday, we presented selected visuals on the Votkinsk, the Roscosmos enterprise producing ballistic missiles for the "Iskander" complex. Today, we will do the Titan-Barrikady that is producing the "Iskander" missile launchers

Let us take an excursion to their factory floor🧵 We will start with this video broadcasted on the regional TV channel AhtubaTV: "Governor Bozhenov met with the workers of the Central Design Bureau "Titan" (2012).

0:14 On this photo of a Titan-Barrikady workshop you can see at least two HAAS machines

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The Russian military doctrine is missile-centric. Serving as the principal means of WMD delivery, long range missiles secure Russian capacity to execute nuclear blackmail. Their production ongoing despite the sanctions regime implies that the targeting of sanctions is incorrect🧵 With this investigation, we propose a new look into the Russian missile industry’s chokepoints, specifically in its industrial equipment and processes. As Russia lost the Soviet machinery sector, its military producers have outsourced production of industrial equipment abroad