Hit the nail on the head , whole year's consumption of chips for Russian arms industry probably fits on one pallet that can be sourced via 3rd or 5th parties ,if not made domesticaly, quantity that would hardly register ,there are not latest or greates in chip technology , many same chips and other electronic components are dual use used in making, production automation, CNC machines etc so on an industrial scale
Its just that propaganda puff pieces that seem mandatory posts in every MSM. Sanctions backfiring and hurting Europe particularly German economy, make reporting any eve tiniest success of sanctions mandatory.
Its quite bizarre how the agitprop machine needs to print at least a couple of articles per day Putin this Putin that , Russia this Russia that. The same goes for smearing Trump , Trump this Trump that .........
Sanctions have definitely taken them back a couple of years mostly on Civilian aircraft ,but at same time forcing domestic alternatives to be developed and manufactured , while NAFO idiots like to boast this and that better ,stronger , one glaring omission is only US is actually building Stealth fighters whole supply chains are globaly interwoven ,neither turkey ,sweden ,Korea,Japan can make even 4th gen without US say so on engines ,electronics and weapons. Rest of western world is stuck on stuff they built some time in the 80-90's and they make tiny quantities ,Gripen,Rafale,Typhon that are often not even all operational,Germany Europes largest economy for example can field maybe a 4 dozen of its EF-2000 rest are missing bits and some have even been used as spares donors , some of the OEMs that made critical parts ceased to exist.
Given war time priority , for strike aircraft, Su-57 might not be no.1 on the list, it seems SU-34 is the one they are manufacturing the most .
As for the thing holding it back the program, its the new gen engine not being ready or produced in quantity vs any electronics issues. Same goes for a host of other programs that either used Ukrainian or Western engines and/or engine parts.
But end of the day Russia defense budget is typically smaller than the budget for CIA , so no point comparing to US
just to illustrate Euro production when there are actualy any orders at all ,Typhoon is manufactured at a rate of 10 per year ,Rafale is at 12per year and Gripen is not made in much higher numbers either.
Germany's Scholz says 20 more Eurofighters to be ordered - Breaking Defense
Michael Schoellhorn, CEO of Airbus, told reporters the news was "very encouraging for the industry" and the company would "ensure continuity in the production of the Typhoon" until a sixth-gen fighter is ready to fly.
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