JSC Dux

{{Short description|Russian missile and launching system company}}

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Open Joint Stock Company Dux (formerly Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant; {{langx|ru|Московский машиностроительный завод «Коммунар»}}) is a company based in Moscow, Russia. It produces air-to-air missiles and launching systems for fighter aircraft and aircraft cabin instrument and components.{{cite web|title=Russian Defense Business Directory|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/industry/docs/rus95/index.html|website=Federation of American Scientists|publisher=US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration|access-date=21 July 2017|date=May 1995}} {{PD-notice}}

The company was established in 1893{{cite web|last1=Ерохин|first1=Евгений|title=Авиаракетная промышленность|url=http://missiles.ru/VPK missiles.htm|website=missiles.ru|access-date=24 August 2017}} During the war the factory produced RS-82 rockets, Berezin UB machine guns and other weapons.

From 1963 to 1992 the company was known as Moscow Kommunar Machine-Building Plant. In 1992 the plant became known as Open Joint Stock Company Dux.{{cite web|title=4. Предприятия и заводы оборонной промышленности|url=http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/pri/data/ic_nomenrussiapri/11/)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222304/http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen/russia/pri/data/ic_nomenrussiapri/11/)|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 2, 2013|website=Военный паритет|access-date=29 July 2017}}