Russia's armaments industry in the crisis: deployed dependence on the west!

Russia's armaments industry in the crisis: deployed dependence on the west!

Russia faces considerable challenges in his armaments industry. These sanctions have severely restricted the procurement of semiconductors, which has a direct impact on the country's military performance. According to t-online illustrate this critical dependency. The company, which is based in Kazan and plays a central role in the equipment of the armed forces, has disclosed that it has increasingly difficulty acquiring the required semiconductors due to the sanctions.

An extensive data record from NPO VS, which includes 1.1 million documents, shows the alarming vulnerability of Russia in relation to semiconductor. This data record also contains "strictly secret" emails and contracts. Experts noticed that the Russian chips such as Elbrus and Baikal, in performance and energy efficiency horn far behind the western alternatives and are also much more expensive. The deficit of the Russian semiconductor industry is at least ten years, which also endangers military production.

tightening the problems by sanctions

The western sanctions not only lead to a lack of semiconductors, but also to a variety of other problems in the Russian armaments industry. As Merkur reports, many companies have to resolve extensive delivery contracts. The effects of the sanctions are not new, but have been noticeable since the first sanctions in 2014. Since the Ukraine invasion in 2022, the number of legal proceedings against those responsible in the armaments industry has increased significantly, and the lack of semiconductors and precision tools from the West has been a central problem.

The Russian industry is also facing other challenges, such as corruption and a noticeable lack of staff. According to reports, Russian manufacturers cannot produce the necessary quality and quantity of armored steel. China has also proven to be a difficult partner by demanding strict requirements for the import of drone parts. In response to the ongoing difficulties, the Russian leadership has put pressure on the companies and increased working hours to up to six days and 11 hours a week. Some suppliers already use prisoners as workers.

technological deficit and dependence on international suppliers

The technological difficulties of the Russian semiconductor industry are profound. An analysis of the bpb western standards. The proportion of electronic devices produced in Russia has fallen to around 12 %, while OECD countries reach a share of 70-80 %. Industrial management under President Putin, who pursued the goal of increasing the production of civil and dual-use electronics in 2016, has not yet been able to make the necessary progress.

The dependence on western production capacities was already a problem before the sanctions, and after the Ukraine War, countries have introduced increased export controls for microchip technologies. The lack of semiconductors and the difficulties in developing local technologies are expected to have long -term problems for the performance of the Russian armed forces. The British Ministry of Defense expects Russia to try to expand its rocket supplies for the winter to attack critical infrastructure in Ukraine.