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The largest and only tank factory has gone idle for lack of parts. Russia had a "Made in Russia" program for the military. But apparently bribes let many side
by sliken 5y ago
The largest and only tank factory has gone idle for lack of parts.
Russia had a "Made in Russia" program for the military. But apparently bribes let many side step the rules and post proud "Made in Russia" announcements in the press, while basically relabeling imported parts. Even more amusing is a fair number of those parts come from the Ukraine.
More factories isn't going to help, and these days it's hard to steer, power, target an enemy, or communicate without chips, which Russia is running very short of. Intel, AMD, and even Russia designed CPUs (Elbrus) are hard to come by, TSMC (and other foreign fabs) are honoring the sanctions.
Apparently even the basics like steel are getting hard to come by.
- inter_netuser 5y agoare Chinese fabs honouring sanctions? what about downstream suppliers of generic ARM chips? >Apparently even the basics like steel are getting hard to come by. aren't they a sizeable steel exporter? "2018, Russia exported 33.3 million metric tons of steel, a 7 percent ... Russia exports steel to more than 130 countries and territories."
- maratc 5y ago> The largest and only tank factory has gone idle for lack of parts. This has been reported in western media; it might be true, or it might be a part of information war. Assuming it's true, shall we expect this to be a permanent problem or a temporary one? > it's hard to steer, power, target an enemy, or communicate without chips Hard but not impossible. Given that there's a military attache in each Russian embassy, and given the chips are sold over the counter pretty much anywhere, shall we expect this to be a permanent problem or a temporary one?