Russian explosive plant, Kinzhal producer hit in overnight drone attack

In a series of overnight attacks on 14 November, explosives-laden drones struck two key Russian defense sites outside Moscow and in western Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, according to Russian Telegram channels cited widely by Russian media.

The high-value targets were a missile production plant run by KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM) near Moscow and an explosives factory in Bryansk belonging to a major state defense company, the channels reported Tuesday.

Multiple blasts were heard at the KBM missile plant in Kolomna, about 100 kilometers from Moscow, early Tuesday morning around 7:30am. “In houses on Oksky Prospect it was clearly heard. Car alarms went off in courtyards,” an unnamed local witness told Astra.

Special service vehicles rushed to the missile factory, which produces Iskander and Kinzhal ballistic missiles, after reports of the attack spread, the witness added. The drone strike came two days after the same defense site was reportedly first hit on 11 November in an initial raid, Astra wrote.

This drone was reportedly spotted flying towards KB Mashinostroyeniya in Kolomna, 112 km from Moscow, where explosions were reported overnight on 14 Nov

The plant is a Russian leading defense R&D center, producing Kinzhal and Iskander missiles

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