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It could be scaled up, as it is a relatively "dumb" technology and everything needed for it could be manufactured within Russia, rendering sanctions ineffective
by xpl 3y ago
It could be scaled up, as it is a relatively "dumb" technology and everything needed for it could be manufactured within Russia, rendering sanctions ineffective.
What you observe is just the current state, as it takes time to reroute the supply chains disrupted by sanctions and ramp up the production. And I believe they have all the time in the world, as nothing currently threatens their resource extraction and production capabilities. It is a long game.
- nradov 3y agoIn theory anything can be scaled up. In practice they aren't having much luck due to the decrepit state of the Russian industrial base. They are also trying to scale up armored vehicles, artillery ammunition, tactical aircraft, air defense systems, etc. Can't scale up everything at once. There are limits to what a country with a relatively small economy can push, even on a wartime footing. In the mean time the US and other NATO countries are still delivering longer range air defense systems. Even if Russia manages to produce more PGMs it's going to be very risky to use direct attack type weapons. They're going to have to increasingly rely on stand-off weapons which are effective, but which are much more expensive and contain components that are difficult to produce domestically. But I agree that we should expect an ongoing war of attrition with no clear victory on either side.