Manufacturer catalog

Russian defense industry

Russian defense industry is a catalog umbrella for state-controlled and state-directed Russian arms producers rather than a single incorporated builder. The catalog facet covers Russian missile, mine, air-defense, artillery, and military-industrial production references where public sources do not identify a narrower prime contractor.

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The Russian defense-industrial base combines legacy Soviet design bureaus, post-Soviet state arsenals, and large state corporations such as Rostec. Public sourcing often identifies Russian-origin weapons at the sector level when exact factories, design bureaus, or subcontractors are not disclosed.

For this catalog, the profile is used as a cautious umbrella builder: it connects records whose manufacturer fields name Russian defense industry directly or as part of a broader Soviet/Russian production chain, while more precise builder profiles should be used whenever a specific enterprise is sourced.

missiles and precision strike systemsartillery and ammunitionair defense weaponsanti-personnel mines and military ordnancearmored and special-purpose military equipment

Notable Systems

Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, Air-launched aeroballistic missile, Munitions

Kh-47M2 Kinzhal

Air-launched aeroballistic missile

Russian air-launched ballistic missile associated in open sources with Russian defense-industrial development and carried by modified MiG-31K aircraft.

Sources: CSIS Kinzhal profile
MON-series anti-personnel mine, Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine family, Infantry Weapons

MON-50

Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine family

Soviet/Russian directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine represented in the catalog as a Russian defense-industry production lineage.

Sources: U.S. Army ODIN MON-50 profile
MON-series anti-personnel mine, Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine family, Infantry Weapons

MON-series anti-personnel mines

Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine family

Directional fragmentation mine family whose catalog records use Soviet/Russian defense-industrial attribution when a precise factory is not available.

Sources: Landmine Monitor 2025

Manufacturer History

  1. Rostec state corporation established

    Rostec states that Russia's leadership created the corporation at the end of 2007 and transferred a significant part of the country's industrial assets into it.

    Sources: Rostec history

  2. Rostec designated by U.S. Treasury

    The U.S. Treasury described Rostec as a massive state-owned enterprise consolidating technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise, with more than 800 entities under its management umbrella.

    Sources: U.S. Treasury Rostec designation

  3. CSIS assesses wartime Russian defense production

    CSIS published a detailed report on Russia's defense-industrial capabilities, limits, procurement dynamics, and reliance on imported components during the second year of full-scale war.

    Sources: CSIS Russia defense industry report

  4. SIPRI data covers Russian arms firms

    SIPRI's Arms Industry Database includes Russian companies from 2002 onward and tracks open-source arms-company financial data.

    Sources: SIPRI Arms Industry Database

Predecessors
Soviet state arsenals and design bureaus
Website links
Rostec weapons industry pageSIPRI Arms Industry DatabaseCSIS Russia defense industry report

This profile represents a catalog manufacturer facet, not a single legal entity. Russian defense-industry sourcing is often sector-level, state-controlled, sanctioned, or opaque; when a narrower enterprise is reliably identified, that company should receive its own builder profile instead of broadening this one. No headquarters or map location is provided because the facet has no single sourced headquarters.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rostec weapons industry pagePublisher: Rostec | Note: Official Rostec page describing its role in development and production of weapons, military and special-purpose equipment, and listing relevant sectors such as artillery, armored vehicles, small arms, aircraft, and ammunition. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec historyPublisher: Rostec | Note: Official Rostec history source for the 2007 establishment of the state corporation and transfer of major Russian industrial assets into it. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • U.S. Treasury Rostec designationPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports background on Rostec as a state-owned enterprise consolidating Russian technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise and managing more than 800 entities. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • CSIS Russia defense industry reportPublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports broader sector context on Russia's defense-industrial capabilities, procurement dynamics, limitations, and reliance on imported components. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • SIPRI Arms Industry DatabasePublisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | Note: Supports background on open-source arms-company tracking and confirms that SIPRI's current database includes Russian companies from 2002 onward. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • CSIS Kinzhal profilePublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies Missile Threat | Note: Supports catalog-relevant background for the Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal as an air-launched ballistic missile likely derived from the Iskander-M family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • U.S. Army ODIN MON-50 profilePublisher: U.S. Army ODIN Worldwide Equipment Guide | Note: Supports catalog-relevant background for the MON-50 as a Russian anti-personnel mine and its technical role as directional fragmentation ordnance. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Landmine Monitor 2025Publisher: Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor | Note: Supports catalog-relevant background for MON-family directional mines and mine-production/source context used in catalog entries. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Kinzhal Army-2022 imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance: Wikimedia Commons identifies the image as Boevaya mashina's own work, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, showing a cataloged Russian Kinzhal system at Army-2022. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Iranian integrated air-defense system, Integrated air-defense network, Air Defense2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, 2020 United States-Iran ConflictIranian integrated air-defense systemIntegrated air-defense networkBuilt in: Iran / RussiaThe Iranian integrated air-defense system is the national command, radar, and surface-to-air missile network used to defend Iranian airspace and strategic sites. It combines the Khatam al-Anbiya command structure, domestic systems such as Bavar-373 and Khordad-family SAMs, imported Russian S-300 batteries, and older Soviet or Russian equipment. Recent Israel-Iran and United States-Iran conflict reporting treats the network as a fielded but heavily pressured air-defense layer whose radars, command sites, and long-range batteries became major suppression targets.
LLAD guns, Low-level air-defense gun layer, Air Defense2025 India-Pakistan ConflictLLAD gunsLow-level air-defense gun layerBuilt in: Multiple, including Sweden, the Soviet Union/Russia, and IndiaLLAD guns are India's low-level air-defense gun layer, built around modernized 40 mm L/70 batteries and 23 mm twin-barrel mounts for point defense against low-flying aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions. During the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict, Indian official reporting placed them inside Operation Sindoor's layered air-defense network alongside MANPADS and longer-range surface-to-air missiles.

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Leer-2 electronic warfare system, Mobile electronic warfare vehicle, Electronic Warfare2014 Russia-Ukraine WarLeer-2 electronic warfare systemMobile electronic warfare vehicleBuilt in: RussiaThe Leer-2 is a Russian mobile electronic warfare system installed on a Tigr-M 4x4 armored vehicle and built for radio reconnaissance, signal emulation, and jamming of enemy communications. Open sources describe a compact two-operator mission system with roof-mounted antennas, while Ukraine-war evidence places Leer-2 systems in Russian electronic-warfare activity from Crimea and Ilovaisk to documented full-scale-war losses.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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MON-series anti-personnel mine, Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine family, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Second Libyan Civil War +1 moreMON-series anti-personnel mineDirectional fragmentation anti-personnel mine familyBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe MON series is a Soviet/Russian family of directional fragmentation anti-personnel mines, including MON-50, MON-90, MON-100, and MON-200 patterns that project preformed fragments across a defined sector. Monitoring groups identify the family in Russian mine warfare in Ukraine and in Russian-linked Tripoli minefields in Libya, while the Nagorno-Karabakh record is narrower and rests on postwar MON-50 clearance reporting.
MON-50, Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Second Libyan Civil WarMON-50Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mineBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russia / BulgariaThe MON-50 is a Soviet directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine broadly comparable in role to the M18 Claymore, with a plastic body, folding legs, and a forward fragmentation pattern. It can be command-detonated or configured with tripwire and other fuzing, making it a compact infantry obstacle and ambush munition. Direct monitoring sources document MON-50 use by Russian or Russian-aligned forces in eastern Ukraine, the full-scale Russia-Ukraine War, and the 2019-2020 Tripoli fighting in Libya.
MON-90, Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Second Libyan Civil WarMON-90Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mineBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russia / BulgariaThe MON-90 is a Soviet-designed directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine and the 90 m member of the MON family between the smaller MON-50 and larger MON-100. Technical references describe a plastic-bodied, tree-spike-mounted mine with about 2,000 steel fragments, two M-10 threaded fuze wells, and command or tripwire initiation depending on setup. Direct monitoring sources place MON-90 mines in Russian use in Ukraine after the 2022 invasion and in Russian-linked Tripoli mine contamination during the Second Libyan Civil War.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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