450 parts recorded: the Russian Federation uses weapons with western components in the war - Reuters
About it reports the British edition of Reuters with reference to the new report of the Defense Analytical Center Royal United Services Institute (Rusi). According to the study, Moscow has received important technologies in companies in the US, Europe and Asia several years before a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian military has seized or removed from the battlefield unharmed or partially damaged Russian weapons.
Royal United Services Institute provided Reuters report that after inspection of 27 types of weapons recorded components of Western production - from military systems, winged missiles to air defense systems. The department noted that this is the most distinguished evaluation of the role of Western components in the war of Russia against Ukraine. According to Rusi, about two -thirds of the components on the Russian Armed Forces seized by US companies were made.
The products of American companies Analog Devices and Texas Instruments have almost a quarter of all Western weapons. Other components came from companies from Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. "The Russian weapon, which is critical of Western electronics, has led to the death of thousands of Ukrainians," said Jack Wotling.
The Analytical Center said that 31 foreign components were found in the Russian winged 9M727 rocket, which is able to maneuver at low altitude to evade radars and affect targets for hundreds of km. Also, 31 foreign accessories were discovered in the Krylate Rocket X-101, which was used for the task of strikes in Ukrainian cities, taking into account Kyiv. According to researchers, many of these components are common microelectronics, which is used for civilian purposes.
Therefore, it could be easily bought. A Ukrainian military expert who has access to Russian weapons explained that they are mostly the same chips that can be found in a car or microwave. However, in some cases, it is about products that are forbidden to export to Russia after the imposition of sanctions in 2014. For example, experts have found the western components produced in 2018 and 2019 in the winged "caliber" rocket.
The details were purchased illegally and secretly sent to the Russian Federation or weapons were fraudulent. Rusi believes that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can be weakened forever, if Western countries strengthen export control, will be able to close underground procurement networks in the country and prevent the production of sensitive components in countries that support Russia.
We will remind, on June 16 the media wrote that FBI agents find out how "fresh" chips from the United States were in Russian weapons. American chips and components were found in Russian radars, drones, tanks and land equipment. Some of them were made in 2020. Earlier, on June 7, the Lansing Institute reported that Western companies are increasingly violating sanctions and supplying military or double goods to Russia.