Belarusian Components Found in Russian Missile that Struck Kharkiv
Vladyslav Vlasiuk, advisor to the President of Ukraine on sanctions policy, reported that for recent attacks on Kharkiv, Russia used a new missile development conditionally named "Product 30". According to him, this missile is a further development of the Kh-101 cruise missile but has significant differences from the basic model.
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Besides purely technical differences, these missiles have a warhead that is twice as large — it now weighs 800 kg, of which at least 200 kg is explosives.
Despite the sanctions imposed on Russia, it still has the ability to use components manufactured worldwide for missile production. Belarusian enterprises also contribute.
"Regarding the component base, we see a lot that is new. Among the foreign components are classic ST Microelectronics, UBlox, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, as well as the Belarusian "Integral"."
The "Kometa" navigation system with 12 patches. It contains American (or Chinese?) chips. The "Baget" onboard control unit contains memory from Taiwan, a switching connector from Germany, and microchips from the USA. Everything that was found has already been investigated and passed on to partners. "There are components manufactured in 2023," Vlasiuk reported.