Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant
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The Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant is a former arms manufacturing plant in Zlatoust, 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Oleg Bukharin, Pavel Leonardovich Podvig (2001), Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, MIT Press, ISBN 0262661810
[edit] External links
- Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant at the Nuclear Threat Initiative web-site