The Ministry of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania announced mutually beneficial cooperation with Ukraine in increasing the production of ammunition and explosives.
Lithuania and Ukraine sign a memorandum of cooperation in the construction of a new generation explosives plant.
An unnamed Ukrainian company will build a plant for the production of hexogen (Heksogen/Cyklonit), an explosive that is becoming increasingly popular due to its qualities and advantages.
Explosives made from this material are widely used by NATO armies because of their extremely short detonation time and high explosive power.
RDX material can be used alone or in combination with other explosive materials and is intended for the production of various bombs, mines and other explosives.
Construction work is expected to begin in 2025.
It is noted that the market for hexogen-based explosives is growing rapidly, and if in 2023 its turnover was $10 billion, by 2028 it will reach $13 billion.
In addition to the obvious benefits for Lithuania and Ukraine, and in fact for all NATO countries, this agreement sends a clear message to the terrorist state of Russia.
According to Erika Kurochkina, Deputy Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, the new generation plant being built by Ukrainians will make a significant contribution to the development of the country’s defense industry.
“We have initiated changes to laws that create favorable conditions for the development of defense industry projects in Lithuania, which has attracted the attention of the world’s largest defense companies. We have already attracted the German defense industry giant Rheinmetall to Lithuania, which will build an ammunition plant. The production of ammunition has also been agreed with the American defense giant Northrop Grumman. We are also in talks with other strategic foreign partners, including Ukraine. The new explosives plant is one of several planned joint defense projects – Lithuanians and Ukrainians are also discussing the development of drones and other defense technologies,” emphasizes Vice Minister Kurochkina.
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