Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant
Native name | ОАО «Златоустовский машиностроительный завод» |
|---|---|
| Open joint-stock company | |
| Industry | Mechanical engineering |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Headquarters | Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR → Russia |
Key people | Sergey Antonovich Lemeshevsky, general director |
| Website |
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The Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant is a former arms manufacturing plant in Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It produced many of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, including the R-39 Submarine-launched ballistic missile. The plant was founded in 1939 for the production of small arms. Today, in addition to small arms, it produces industrial equipment and medical supplies.[1]
References
- ↑ Oleg Bukharin, Pavel Leonardovich Podvig (2001), Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-66181-2
External links
- Official website
- Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant at the Nuclear Threat Initiative web-site
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