Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant

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]

References

  1. ^ Oleg Bukharin, Pavel Leonardovich Podvig (2001), Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, MIT Press, ISBN 9780262661812, http://books.google.com/?id=CPRVbYDc-7kC&pg=RA1-PA267&lpg=RA1-PA267&dq=%22Zlatoust+Machine-Building+Plant%22 

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