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6/25/2025
Steel Front Strengthens Air Defence: Metinvest Created New Protection Shell for Patriot Missile Defence Systems
As part of the Steel Front military initiative, Metinvest continues to strengthen protection of Ukrainian air defence forces. This time, the company specialists have produced and assembled a shell weighing over three tonnes to shelter key elements of the Patriot complex.The protection consists of a steel frame and armoured plates. The construction simultaneously covers several important units of the system: the missile defence system's control station, a radar comparator (Doghouse), and a generator. "Under such war conditions, each minute when air defence is operational saves lives. Our protective shells are designed exactly for this purpose ‒ to ensure that equipment remains operational even under shelling," commented Oleksandr MYRONENKO, Chief Operations Officer of Metinvest Group.Since the beginning of 2025, Metinvest has launched systematic work on protecting air defence systems. The first shells were installed at air defence facilities in spring, and since then, the structures ha