Rostec is a Russian state-owned company, involved in aircraft engineering, engine manufacture, arms production, medical equipment, and biotech among others.[i] Rostec produces the Iskander-M nuclear-capable missile system.[ii] SpecChemistry JSC, one of the Rostec entities, produces over 80% of necessary components for Russian missiles.[iii] Another entity of Rostec, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) developed the Tupolev Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber aircraft.[iv] This upgraded version of the supersonic Tu-160 bomber can carry missiles with both conventional and nuclear warheads[v], and is assumed to serve as a key component of Russia’s nuclear triad.[vi] No investments or financial relations were identified for Rostec.
[i] About (no date) | Rostec. Available at: https://rostec.ru/en/about/ (Accessed: 11 December 2024).
[ii] ‘Science. Overcoming Technologic Barriers. Annual Report, Rostec State Corporation 2019’ Rostec (2020), pp. 152 and 187. Available at: https://rostec.ru/upload/iblock/baf/baf448d95ffa8611fad46e0df57032df.pdf; High-Precision Systems: 15 Years of Accuracy and Reliability. Rostec, 12 February 2024. Available at: Rostec – Media – News – High-Precision Systems: 15 Years of Accuracy and Reliability.
[iii] ‘Science. Overcoming Technologic Barriers. Annual Report, Rostec State Corporation 2019’ Rostec (2020), p. 152. Available at: https://rostec.ru/upload/iblock/baf/baf448d95ffa8611fad46e0df57032df.pdf.
[iv] ‘Russia’s first upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber enters state trials.’ TASS Russian News Agency, 6 July 2023. Available at: Russia’s first upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber enters state trials – Military & Defense – TASS.
[v] Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Reynolds & McKenzie Knight (2024) ‘Russian nuclear weapons, 2024’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 80:2, 118-145, pp. 132-134. DOI: 0.1080/00963402.2024.2314437.
[vi] The First Upgraded Tu-160M has Proceeded to Official Integration Test. Rostec, 6 July 2023. Available at: The First Upgraded Tu-160M has Proceeded to Official Integration Test (rostec.ru).