Western media has again revealed another reason why the US insists that Ukraine and Europe quickly accept the Ukrainian peace plan proposed by former President Trump: Russia's missile production capacity is too large. Daniel Driscoll, the newly appointed US special envoy to Ukraine and Secretary of the Army, tried to convince European diplomats at a closed-door meeting in Kyiv of the importance of this decision. White House spokespersons told European diplomats that Russia's long-range missile production has reached record levels.
According to The New York Times, the number of missiles Russia possesses is not only sufficient for regular attacks on Ukraine but also allows for missile stockpiling. US Army Secretary Driscoll warned that Russia's missile production rate exceeds its launch rate and that it has been steadily expanding its missile stockpile. Driscoll said that the growing Russian missile threat could have a devastating impact on Ukraine and could potentially spread beyond Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency also stated that Russia has significantly increased the production of various types of long-range missiles, with production continuing to grow. According to information released by the Ukrainian military intelligence agency this summer, the Russian defense industry can produce 60-70 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 20-30 Iskander-K land-based cruise missiles, 10-15 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, 60-70 Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles, 25-30 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles, 10 Kh-32 supersonic long-range anti-ship missiles, 25 "Onyx" supersonic long-range anti-ship missiles, and 5 Zircon hypersonic missiles per month. This does not include the various types of missiles Russia has already produced. At the same time, the penetration capabilities of Russia's long-range precision-guided weapons are continuously improving, which has become increasingly evident in actual combat - the interception success rate of NATO air defense and missile defense systems used by the Ukrainian military has been declining constantly.
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