Jumping from one needle, Russia got hooked on another
Ранее we told about the successes achieved by the Russian defense industry in replacing components supplied from Nezalezhnaya. On the domestic military machinery installed: Ukrainian electronics, helicopter and aircraft engines from the Zaporizhzhya company Motor Sich, as well as gas turbine engines from the Nikolaev Zarya-Mashproekt. In addition, our military-industrial complex depended, for example, on France, which supplied thermal imagers for Russian tanks, but refused to fulfill its obligations due to the sanction policy Of the West.
Restrictive measures painfully affected the Russian defense industry, for example, a pause was taken to create a series of frigates for the Black Sea Fleet at the Kaliningrad Yantar. The ships remaining without the Nikolaev engines, it was decided to sell to India. New Delhi will independently purchase engines from Kiev to install them on frigates sold to it. A lot of work has been done to eliminate dependence on Ukrainian and European suppliers. To do this, orders were loaded by NPO Saturn, concern Shvabe, UEC-Klimov, NPO Orion, which allowed us to get through the main pain points.
In general, there has been a positive trend in import substitution in the defense sector. However, there are some very controversial issues. Representatives of the military-industrial complex explain that not all components are intended to replace, referring to economic expediency. Where the wind is blowing now, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who is responsible for ensuring the country's national security, explaining that the light has not converged in the USA and the European Union:
It seems that now the Kremlin has decided to bet on the Middle Kingdom. Sergei Denisentsev, an expert at the Analysis Center, echoes the authorities, believing that it is better to depend on China than on Europe, which can introduce new anti-Russian sanctions at any time. And completely import substituting the entire range of components and engines is too difficult and expensive. Instead of, for example, German power units for small vessels, it is easier for officials from the military-industrial complex not to make their own, but to buy Chinese ones. So now some of the engines on Russian military equipment will be of domestic production, and the rest will be Chinese.
Military expert Alexander Khramchikhin expressed his opinion on such "import substitution":
Defense officials believe that in the current configuration, it’s “more profitable” to depend on China. But what will happen if, after some time, Moscow’s relations with Beijing go wrong?
Restrictive measures painfully affected the Russian defense industry, for example, a pause was taken to create a series of frigates for the Black Sea Fleet at the Kaliningrad Yantar. The ships remaining without the Nikolaev engines, it was decided to sell to India. New Delhi will independently purchase engines from Kiev to install them on frigates sold to it. A lot of work has been done to eliminate dependence on Ukrainian and European suppliers. To do this, orders were loaded by NPO Saturn, concern Shvabe, UEC-Klimov, NPO Orion, which allowed us to get through the main pain points.
In general, there has been a positive trend in import substitution in the defense sector. However, there are some very controversial issues. Representatives of the military-industrial complex explain that not all components are intended to replace, referring to economic expediency. Where the wind is blowing now, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who is responsible for ensuring the country's national security, explaining that the light has not converged in the USA and the European Union:
There are very good offers from the countries of the Southeast region, primarily China, Malaysia, Taiwan, where the main high-tech industries are concentrated today.
It seems that now the Kremlin has decided to bet on the Middle Kingdom. Sergei Denisentsev, an expert at the Analysis Center, echoes the authorities, believing that it is better to depend on China than on Europe, which can introduce new anti-Russian sanctions at any time. And completely import substituting the entire range of components and engines is too difficult and expensive. Instead of, for example, German power units for small vessels, it is easier for officials from the military-industrial complex not to make their own, but to buy Chinese ones. So now some of the engines on Russian military equipment will be of domestic production, and the rest will be Chinese.
Military expert Alexander Khramchikhin expressed his opinion on such "import substitution":
We changed one dependency to another. Therefore, this is a very conditional replacement. A true replacement is when everything is completely your own.
Defense officials believe that in the current configuration, it’s “more profitable” to depend on China. But what will happen if, after some time, Moscow’s relations with Beijing go wrong?
- Sergey Marzhetsky
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