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Royal United Services Institute urges blocking flow of microelectronics to Russia

RUSI looked at 27 Russian weapons systems used in Ukraine including cruise missiles, communication systems and electronic warfare complexes and found 450 unique components made outside Russia.

Most were designed in the USA but 77 cane from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Singapore. Europe and Australia.

“Some 34 pieces of technology were designed and manufactured by Japanese companies, including cameras, multilayered ceramic capacitors and surface mount inductors,” says the report.

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