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Ohmatdita blow: The Russian Rocket X-101 found Western components-FT

Back in January 2024, the analysis of the fragments of the X-101 missile showed the presence of more than 50 Western components. For the most part, American production, mainly intended for the civil market. Russian invaders have struck a rocket strike on Ohmatdit with a winged X-101 rocket containing Western components. About it reports Financial Times. On July 8, a massive rocket stroke was attached to Ukraine, which led to almost 200 wounded and killed people.

The winged X-101 rocket is one of the most modern in the arsenal of the Russian Federation and is crucial for attacks in Ukraine. Russia has not only managed to maintain missiles after Western sanctions, but also to keep access to components, including the US. The head of the sanctions research at the KSE Institute of KSE Olena Belousova explained that Western technologies make it possible to create more advanced missiles that can overcome Ukrainian air defense.

The analysis of the fragments of the rocket, which was beaten in Ukraine in January, showed 16 electronic devices of Western production. Mostly the American components of Texas Instruments, Analog Device and Intel. Two more components belong to the Swiss manufacturer of STMicroelectronics. Also in 2023, Russian companies imported components on the open market and imported them through China.

For the most part, the Russian Federation buys civilian products, and some of them are quite outdated, journalists say. In turn, the President's office has come to the conclusion that the X-101 missile can have more than 50 foreign production details. We will remind, in the Russian Federation it is argued that a blow to "Okhmatdit" was allegedly caused by a Ukrainian missile aircraft. However, the researchers visually found that it was X-101.