I’m not an economist, but if you’re scrambling for microchips, because you used up the Western components guiding your PGMs and need to go to North Korea of all places for artillery shells and rockets, things are not exactly going swimmingly. https://t.co/wOtACIERuN

— Georg ‘Maverick’ Löfflmann (@gloefflmann) September 6, 2022

The Kremlin has drawn up shopping lists of semiconductors, transformers, connectors, casings, transistors, insulators and other components, most made by companies in the U.S., Europe and Taiwan, which Russia needs to fuel its war effort. https://t.co/AjbxONR9rD

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 6, 2022

“In extreme cases, Russians appear to be clawing chips out of household appliances like fridges.”

How about Wasington machines?

But seriously, Finns report a good deal of hi-tech smuggling to Russia by… you got it… those with *Tourist Visas*https://t.co/w8bvbuykng

— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) September 6, 2022

Russia is being throttled by a severe technology deficit inflicted by sanctions. Kyiv is acutely aware that the outcome of the war is likely to hinge on whether Moscow finds a way to regain access to high-tech chips, and is out to ensure it doesn't get them. https://t.co/JVKntznSnK

— Ryan Heath (@PoliticoRyan) September 6, 2022

"that the outcome of the war is likely to hinge on whether Russia finds a way to regain access to high-tech chips" https://t.co/KVyuJoSlwP

— Ulrich Speck (@ulrichspeck) September 6, 2022

Sanctioning Russia over invading Ukraine has two goals
1) Economic pain to encourage Russia to stop and show everyone aggression isn't worth it
2) Deny Russia imports it needs for advanced weapons systems (eg chips for targeted missiles)
Signs it's workinghttps://t.co/NtbcwXIzMo

— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) September 6, 2022

Big story on POLITICO this morning on Putin's microchip shopping list.

I was able to see a list of the spare parts Russia is hunting to replenish its arsenal, expended in its war on Ukraine.

The list shows Western firms control this chokepoint tech.https://t.co/CTM7GJXsaq

— Zoya Sheftalovich (@zoyashef) September 6, 2022

Investigators who examined electronics in Russia's new cruise missiles and attack helicopters were surprised to find decades-old technology reused from earlier models — undercutting Moscow’s narrative of a rebuilt military that rivals Western adversaries. https://t.co/hZs6jQyY5r

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 4, 2022

A detailed read on how Putin is scrambling for weapons technology .. “as his arsenal goes up in smoke.”

(via ⁦@politico⁩) #ukraine https://t.co/c2jeTuZSGc

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 6, 2022

“It's the microchips that look set to get Vladimir Putin in the end. Six months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is being throttled by a severe technology deficit inflicted by sanctions” https://t.co/toYf5aJh7i

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 6, 2022

What's the significance of this story?

Put simply, the items on the list must not be allowed to get into Russian hands.

We know Russia is in trouble when it comes to supplies of things like the 88E1322-AO-BAM2I000 gigabit ethernet transceiver made by Marvell ...

— Zoya Sheftalovich (@zoyashef) September 6, 2022

“The Russian navigation system resembles the open-source architecture of GPS receivers, which is not subject to federal restrictions regarding the sale and export of defense articles” 16/19 https://t.co/Y9bDi7TfQM

— Damien Spleeters (@damspleet) September 4, 2022

I always said that the sanctions on semiconductors weren't a problem for RU arm industry. Most of RU Weapons have technology from 30y, are cheap and still work fine with old semiconductors.

“This is late 1990s or a mid-2000s level of technology at best,”https://t.co/BUA9WJaUll

— Patricia Marins (@pati_marins64) September 5, 2022

How Russia Uses Low Tech in Its High-Tech Weapons

Investigators who examined the electronics in Russia’s newest cruise missiles and attack helicopters were surprised to find decades-old technology reused from earlier modelshttps://t.co/Y1NXPPj4xI

— Harry Boone (@Harry_Boone) September 6, 2022

I talked to @johnismay about what @conflictarm found opening up different models of Russian missiles used in #Ukraine: same components from same non-Russian mfrs=potential bottleneck for supply networks https://t.co/Y9bDi7TfQM

— Damien Spleeters (@damspleet) September 5, 2022

“Russian guided weapons are full of non-Russian technology and components, and most of the computer chips we documented were made by Western countries after 2014.”https://t.co/iPkbbCrOKr

— Electrospaces (@electrospaces) September 4, 2022

1/2 Even @nytimes woke up to cover topic of Russia's inability to produce circuitry. In fact, New York Times is recapping a report released by @conflictarm earlier this month. Report findings show that much touted Russian military modernization is a joke. https://t.co/r8YiOg9dOF

— Alex Melikishvili (@A_Melikishvili) September 5, 2022

The Russian navigation system resembles the open-source architecture of GPS receivers, which is not subject to federal restrictions regarding the sale and export of defense articles.

“A team of college electrical engineering majors could build this.”https://t.co/OF6boEUVmv

— Martijn Rasser (@MartijnRasser) September 4, 2022

Now, put this in perspective with what @Ascii211 said here to @johnismay about the SN-99 systems @conflictarm documented in May and July: https://t.co/Y9bDi7TfQM 15/19

— Damien Spleeters (@damspleet) September 4, 2022

How Russia Uses Low Tech in Its High-Tech Weapons https://t.co/utqUrRGRqB

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) September 5, 2022

What a hobby. ‘“This is late 1990s or a mid-2000s level of technology at best,” Arsenio Menendez, a NASA contractor who reverse-engineers guided weapon components as a hobby, said after examining photos of Russian military electronics...’ https://t.co/aedmn9Nbjs

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) September 4, 2022

Russia’s newest cruise missiles and attack helicopters use decades-old electronics reused from earlier models - NYT

The Russian approach to weapons electronics appears to be “if you can’t keep up, steal the tech and do your best with it.”https://t.co/ZRZdrdxcC6

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) September 4, 2022

Chips are the chokepoint in Russia's war on Ukraine. A list obtained by @zoyashef shows Moscow's wishlist of military technology, of which the "critical" components can only come from U.S. and other Western companies.

Our story: https://t.co/YiIOktfmT4

— Laurens Cerulus (@laurenscerulus) September 6, 2022

“It's the microchips that look set to get Vladimir Putin in the end. Six months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is being throttled by a severe technology deficit inflicted by sanctions” https://t.co/toYf5aJh7i

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 6, 2022

Well this is an extremely timely and interesting leak. https://t.co/qWJP8T4OWE

— Eric Woods (@Er_Woods) September 6, 2022