These include China, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States, Canada, and Iran. The components were analysed by experts from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice.
"All missiles and drones, their main high-tech component, without which they could not exist, are manufactured not in Russia but in other countries. We are talking about components of navigation, control, guidance systems, microcircuits, various chips, sensors, boards, etc.," Nataliia Nestor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Forensic Expertise, told Ukrinform.
According to her, most of these components are dual-use parts. "Such goods are imported for one use, but eventually become components of weapons. Missiles of the same type do not have the same set of components in specific systems. They go with what they have, what they were able to get to Russia," the expert explained.
NAKO has repeatedly emphasised the presence of foreign components in Russian weapons. For example, our experts found components manufactured by 11 foreign companies – 9 American, Swiss and Taiwanese – in the Russian Kalibr cruise missile. In addition, the results of a joint study by NAKO and IPHR show that the Shaheds contain components (microprocessors, semiconductors, memory, etc.) manufactured by American, Japanese, Canadian, and Swiss companies.
Photo by the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise
