While the Russians are shelling military and civilian targets in Ukraine, Ukrainian Security Service officers have collected pieces of broken missiles and handed them over to private analysts.. Cruise missiles are the top weapons in the Russian arsenal, but contain low-tech components. This is stated in an article by John Ismay for The New York Times, which he wrote based on the findings of Conflict Armament Research, an independent British group that identifies weapons used in wars around the world.. The research team tested Russian equipment in July at the request of the Ukrainian government..

The report undermines Moscow's narrative that it has a powerful and technological army that can compete with that of its Western adversaries.. The weapons that Russia uses to destroy Ukrainian cities are often based on Western innovations, despite the sanctions imposed on Russia after the annexation of Crimea.

“We have seen Russia reuse the same electronic components in various types of weapons, including their latest cruise missiles and attack helicopters, and we did not expect to see this,” said Damien Spleeters, a researcher at Conflict Armament Research. “Russian guided weapons are full. How Russia got these parts is unknown..

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Investigators have analyzed the remains of three types of Russian cruise missiles, including the latest and greatest X-101 model and the latest Tornado-S guided missile.. All of them contained identical components, marked SN-99, which turned out to be satellite navigation receivers critical to the operation of the missiles..

Russia's use of the same components points to bottlenecks in its supply chain and limiting the supply of SN-99 components will slow down Moscow's ability to replenish its stockpiles of guided weapons. Investigators have identified Russian engineers' dependence on certain semiconductors from specific Western manufacturers in ammunition, drones, communications equipment, helicopter avionics and other military goods..

Sharp differences between the Russian higher weapons and those that the Ukrainian forces received from the United States were revealed. Investigators were shocked by Russia's apparent indifference to having so many weapons that the enemy could potentially recycle..

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“At best, it’s the late 1990s or mid-2000s,” said Arsenio Menendez, a NASA contractor who develops weapons components as a hobby, after examining photographs of Russian military electronics.. "

By comparison, the US Department of Defense has standards that military contractors must adhere to to make it harder for hostile nations to build their own versions of captured weapons.. "

The Russian navigation system resembles an open source GPS receiver architecture that is not subject to federal restrictions on the sale and export of defense products..

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The hodgepodge of parts Russia uses to build its guided weapons could also explain why its cruise missiles are sometimes so inaccurate.. Mistakes made by non-standard GPS devices in processing satellite signals can cause a cruise missile to significantly miss its target.

Recall that the Russian authorities are transferring enterprises of the military-industrial complex (DIC) to round-the-clock work schedules. Loading was simply transferred to workers. This was recently reported by journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk.