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re: Desperate Putins' Struggle to Prop Up Ruble & China is Russias' Lifeline to Fund WAR
Cripple Putins’ War Machine by Denying Russia Crucial Weapon Components, West Urged
Denying Russia Access to CNC Machines Will Slow Production and Cause Weapons to Malfunction
BBC 15 OCT 2023
Western nations have been told they can “cripple Putins’ war machine” by denying Russia access to technology crucial to enabling the mass production of weapons.
Ms Yurchenko, International Relations and Foreign Policy Expert, Senior Analyst at the Economic Security Council of Ukraine, said many CNC machines were manufactured in western countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Olena Yurchenko, said Russia relies on computer numerical control (CNC) to manufacture missiles, aircraft parts, radar technology and submarines. The automated robotic machines are capable of performing operations according to a given program without direct human intervention, making
She told Express.co.uk: “According to Russian manufacturers, it is the Russian military-industrial complex enterprises that account for at least 80 percent of the orders they receive.
“Thus, the military industry is perhaps the main consumer of CNC machines.”
Putin’s Russia was reliant upon the CNC machine tools and their components and spare parts primarily for the military production, Ms Yurchenko explained.
She added: “These CNC machines process various materials, but mainly metal, with precision, accuracy and efficiency no other means can provide.
“Reliance comes from the exorbitant demand from the military (eg more and more weapons are needed), and the fact Russians cannot produce these CNCs themselves, because it requires huge finances, resources and experience.
“All the components of CNC machines are produced abroad - bearings, CNC software itself, servoconverters, spindles etc.”
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