Destinus’ monthly output tops Europe’s pre-war annual cruise missile production

Defence startup Destinus has built more than 1,750 Ruta cruise missiles in Europe and now produces more cruise missiles in a month than Europe did in a year before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it told Reuters. The Dutch-headquartered company said monthly output of its Ruta missile had reached nearly 300 units. Chief Executive Mikhail Kokorich said he expects Destinus from next year to be able to meet demand across Europe, including Ukraine, for turbojet engines in the roughly 1.5-kilonewton thrust class used in cruise missiles. He said the company was already producing such engines in series and supplying them…