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MKB Fakel
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryDefense
Founded1953
Headquarters,
Russia
ProductsAnti-aircraft defence systems, Missiles, Anti-ballistic missiles
ParentAlmaz-Antey
Websitenpofakel.ru

MKB "Fakel" (Russian: МКБ "Факел", "Torch") also known as P.D.Grushin Machine-building Design Bureau is a Russian government-owned aerospace defense corporation located in Khimki.

History

MKB Fakel was founded in 1953 to facilitate development of guided surface-to-air missiles in response to a growing threat of US air attack on the Soviet Union and its allies. MKB "Fakel" developed missiles which were used in Soviet surface-to-air defense systems S-75, 9K33 Osa, S-125, S-200, S-300, and many other systems.

In July 1958 the corporation was awarded an Order of Lenin for successful development of guided missiles for the S-75 defense system.

Missiles developed by MKB "Fakel" were the first in the world surface-to-air guided missiles successfully employed in military action. On May 1, 1960, American high altitude spy plane U-2 was shot down near Sverdlovsk by Fakel's 11D missile (S-75) while flying over Soviet territory. Overall, missiles developed by MKB "Fakel" were employed in more than 30 countries, including Cuba, China, Vietnam and destroyed more than 2,500 of enemy aircraft.[1][2]

In April 1981 it was awarded an Order of the October Revolution for successful development of guided missiles for the S-300 defense system.

In 2002 the company joined the Almaz-Antey holding.

Production

The bureau has designed the following tactical and strategic surface-to-air missiles, as well as exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptors:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Они создали С300, (Russian)". Валентин РУДЕНКО, "Красная звезда".
  2. ^ "Fakel's Missiles, (Russian)".
  3. ^ "Главная сyuyтраница". npofakel.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  4. ^ "A-135". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.