London: A report by the Royal United Services Institute (Russian), a British defense and security think tank, claims that companies in India can covertly help Western-made components make their way into Russian weapons stationed in Russia, bypassing the arms embargo. Ukraine,
The report titled “Operation Z: The Death Threws of an Imperial Delusion”, is authored by? Jack WatlingSenior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at RUSI, and Nick Reynolds, Research Analyst for Land Warfare, RUSI, detail how various pieces of Russian military equipment found on the battlefield in Ukraine, banned under the Western Weapons Ban How are foreign-made components.
“There is a consistent pattern across all major Russian weapon systems recovered from the battlefield. The 9M949 guided 300 mm rocket uses a US-made fiber-optic gyroscope for its inertial navigation. The radar of the Russian TOR-M2 air defense system platform The controlling computer relies on a British-designed oscillator. This pattern is true in the Iskander-M, the Kalibru cruise missiles, Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles, and many more,” the report said.
“Russia’s modern military hardware relies on complex electronics imported from the US, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Israel, China and other regions.”
But the authors say it is unclear whether the Western companies making them “knew that the Russian military was the end user”.
“Many components are dual-use technologies. In the meantime, Russia Mechanisms have been established for refining these items through third countries. Therefore, restricting access means stopping the export of goods to countries like India that are used for civilian purposes in some cases,” says the report.
UK government sources told TOI: “It is likely that some Russian military equipment contains sub-components, some of which are dual-use items that are not controlled, which is being carried out by a range of Western and other countries, including the UK. These are commercial and industrial components that are not subject to export controls, and are available from suppliers around the world.”
The UK’s Department of International Trade is now working internally to understand the Russian procurement network with a view to working with partners to develop further sanctions against Russia that would make this procurement more difficult.
It comes right after the UK PM Boris Johnson Visited India to announce a new and expanded defense partnership between the two countries, including the UK sharing new technology with India.
According to the authors, in mid-March the Russian presidential administration set up an inter-departmental committee to survey Russian defense equipment that could be produced domestically, which was described as “friendly”. countries can be obtained. As well as “development of the secret means obtaining the vital components”.
“Russia is ready to blackmail to keep these channels open. For example, many computer components in Russian cruise and ballistic missiles are purchased for civilian use in Russia’s space program. In addition, there are innumerable companies around the world, including the Czech Republic, Serbia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, India and China, that will take considerable risks to meet Russian supply requirements. Restricting these supply routes without alienating governments in these states would be a delicate policy needle. There is a need for systematic targeting of Russia’s special services working to organize these supply chain operations, the report said.
A UK government spokesman said: “We take all credible allegations of export control violations seriously, and will take further action if appropriate.”
The report titled “Operation Z: The Death Threws of an Imperial Delusion”, is authored by? Jack WatlingSenior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at RUSI, and Nick Reynolds, Research Analyst for Land Warfare, RUSI, detail how various pieces of Russian military equipment found on the battlefield in Ukraine, banned under the Western Weapons Ban How are foreign-made components.
“There is a consistent pattern across all major Russian weapon systems recovered from the battlefield. The 9M949 guided 300 mm rocket uses a US-made fiber-optic gyroscope for its inertial navigation. The radar of the Russian TOR-M2 air defense system platform The controlling computer relies on a British-designed oscillator. This pattern is true in the Iskander-M, the Kalibru cruise missiles, Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles, and many more,” the report said.
“Russia’s modern military hardware relies on complex electronics imported from the US, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Israel, China and other regions.”
But the authors say it is unclear whether the Western companies making them “knew that the Russian military was the end user”.
“Many components are dual-use technologies. In the meantime, Russia Mechanisms have been established for refining these items through third countries. Therefore, restricting access means stopping the export of goods to countries like India that are used for civilian purposes in some cases,” says the report.
UK government sources told TOI: “It is likely that some Russian military equipment contains sub-components, some of which are dual-use items that are not controlled, which is being carried out by a range of Western and other countries, including the UK. These are commercial and industrial components that are not subject to export controls, and are available from suppliers around the world.”
The UK’s Department of International Trade is now working internally to understand the Russian procurement network with a view to working with partners to develop further sanctions against Russia that would make this procurement more difficult.
It comes right after the UK PM Boris Johnson Visited India to announce a new and expanded defense partnership between the two countries, including the UK sharing new technology with India.
According to the authors, in mid-March the Russian presidential administration set up an inter-departmental committee to survey Russian defense equipment that could be produced domestically, which was described as “friendly”. countries can be obtained. As well as “development of the secret means obtaining the vital components”.
“Russia is ready to blackmail to keep these channels open. For example, many computer components in Russian cruise and ballistic missiles are purchased for civilian use in Russia’s space program. In addition, there are innumerable companies around the world, including the Czech Republic, Serbia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, India and China, that will take considerable risks to meet Russian supply requirements. Restricting these supply routes without alienating governments in these states would be a delicate policy needle. There is a need for systematic targeting of Russia’s special services working to organize these supply chain operations, the report said.
A UK government spokesman said: “We take all credible allegations of export control violations seriously, and will take further action if appropriate.”