For Mikhail Kokorich, European defense must improve these air capabilities. “Long-range strike capability represents one of the biggest gaps in sovereignty in the field of European defense today.”he explains to the Financial Times. “The continent has no industrial capacity to counter Russian striking power in Ukraine. And we don’t have much time left to develop one.”
Thanks to this desire, Destinus has become a major player in the European defense industry. If it initially focused on the creation of supersonic aircraft, with the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022, the company focused on the production of long-range drones and Ruta Block 1 mini-cruise missiles.The operational reality in Ukraine accelerated the process of continuous improvement between design, field performance and iterations, reinforcing Destinus’ commitment to speed, reliability and large-scale production capacity“, declares the company.
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By the end of 2026, the company plans to begin production of a new Ruta Block 2 strike system, with a range of more than 700 km, in association with the German industrialist Rheinmetall. Germany also revealed its Ruta Block 3 missile project, with a range of 2,000 km – for comparison, American Tomahawks missiles have a range of 1,600 km.
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