The Norwegian company announced plans to produce NASAMS missiles in Ukraine

The Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace, which manufactures NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems and missiles, plans to open a production facility for the production of shells on Ukraine. This was announced on February 28 by the head of the company Eirik Lee in an interview href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence/interview/diversify-supply-chains-build-stockpiles-work-with-ukrainian-tech-norways-missile-maker-says/ " target="_blank">Euractiv.

"We are currently creating a company in Ukraine. We are in close negotiations with the industrial circles of Ukraine on the creation of a joint venture," he said.

It is noted that the goal of the creation is to increase the production of missiles for the air defense system in Ukraine based on the country's technologies.

According to Lee, we are talking about the mass production of missiles, in hundreds of units. He also added that the possibility of setting up joint ventures should be reached within a few months.

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New samples of enemy equipment failed to have a noticeable impact on the course of hostilities

Earlier, on February 20, the vice president USA J.D. Vance, analyzing the course of the special operation, stated that European weapons depots are almost empty due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and Kiev's victory already href="https://iz.ru/1842339/2025-02-20/vens-priznal-masshtabnoe-preimushchestvo-rf-v-khode-konflikta-na-ukraine " target="_blank">no new arms supplies can help, as the Russian army has a massive advantage.