The columnist commented on a new explosion at the Votkinsk Machine-Building Plant in the Russian Federation.

Explosions at the Votkinsk machine-building plant near the Russian city of Izhevsk, which produces missiles for the Iskander-M tactical missile system, Topol-M, Yars and R-30 Bulava ICBMs, are not uncommon. As noted by military-political observer Alexander Kovalenko, almost all Russian missiles produced since 2022 do not undergo technical control; they are immediately transferred to the troops.

“When answering questions regarding the production of Russian missiles, I emphasize that for the speedy transfer to the troops and use at Russian missile factories, the stage of technical control was almost completely eliminated,” he wrote.

The result is that the accuracy of Russian even “modern” missiles has decreased, and the reliability is the same,” Kovalenko added.

“Before reaching Ukraine, Kh-101/555 missiles often delighted Russian villages with their crashes. When the Iskander OTRK launchers were located near Belgorod, there were interesting videos in which 9M723 missiles launched in Kharkov exploded literally immediately after launch, or abruptly changed trajectory and dived somewhere in the field,” the expert recalled.

According to him. There are many examples that the quality and reliability of Russian missiles have deteriorated over the past two years.

“Actually, from this we can make a small assumption as to what actually happened yesterday at the Votkinsk rocket plant?” – Kovalenko added.

Explosion at the Votkinsk plant – what was reported

As reported, on the evening of February 7, a powerful explosion occurred at the Votkinsk Machine-Building Plant. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations hastened to report that the cause of the explosion was “technical work.”

Later, the EDDS of the Zavyalovsky district of the Russian Federation stated that the explosion occurred “during scheduled tests of rocket engines.”