Moscow – The productive capacity of Russian military industrialization has increased significantly since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, in parallel with the strenuous steps taken by Moscow to rearmaize the army and the navy, to face the consequences of Western military support to Kev, and at a pace that the country has not seen since World War II.
The Russian military industry went through several major stages during a period Conflict with Ukraine:
- Initially, I focused on mobilizing available resources and increasing the production of current weapons.
- Then came the stage of adapting to the new fighting conditions by introducing new technologies and materials, and improving production processes.
- As for the third stage, it was the modernization and development of new arms systems, including Done aircraft Electronic warfare systems.
Government institutions have become a more important role in the production of weapons, and companies specially participate in military production, where they obtain government contracts. As a result, Russian military production has become an essential factor in supplying the Russian armed forces during the war.
Official confirmation
The former Minister of Defense has previously approved Sergei ShoiguWho is currently the secretary of the Russian Security Council, in a statement at the end of the year 2023, that Russian defense companies have turned into a 24 -hour work system and have doubled their production capacity 4 times since February 2022.
He also confirmed the increase in tank production by 5.6 times, 3.5 – 3.5 times, drones 16.8 times, and artillery ammunition 17.5 times.
According to him, the ground forces obtained 1530 new and updated tanks, more than 2,500 infantry combat vehicles and armored soldiers, and the Space Air Force obtained 237 aircraft and helicopters, and the Russian navy obtained 8 ships and 4 multi -purpose submarines and a strategic nuclear submarine.
War challenges
Yuri Knotov, an expert in military affairs, explains that Russian military production has witnessed noticeable changes since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which included an intense expansion of production capacity and the re -direction towards munitions, military equipment and other weapons needed to continue the war.
According to him, the most important of these changes relate to the intensification of production, as factories that were producing civil products previously turned into weapons production, and old factories have been updated and redirect towards military orders.
He adds that the volume of military equipment production, ammunition and other weapons has increased significantly compared to the pre -war level, in addition to the introduction, development and application of new technologies to improve production efficiency and product quality.
He notes that the “military industrialization doctrine” during the war affected the re -direction towards local resources, explaining that “due to the sanctions, most imported components were replaced by a local one, causing some problems related to the quality and reliability of products, but in return it allowed an increase in independence from foreign suppliers.”
According to him, Ukraine has become a “living laboratory” to test and implement the latest Western weapons and military equipment systems, including those that are still in the development phase, and new technologies began to play a special role in the conflict, such as unmanned systems that work remotely control, the Internet, artificial intelligence, electronic warfare systems and others.
On this basis, Russian military manufacturing has become the greatest challenge in the context of communicating the special military operation to its goals, which requires achieving a qualitative and unprecedented shift in the brains war between Russia, Ukraine and its allies.
Cooperation with partners
Many Russian observers see a focus European Union He focuses on strengthening his capabilities in the face of Russian forces in Ukraine, and developing cooperation with Kiev by pumping new technologies to it, which transformed them – according to the description of these – to “Silicon ValleyFor Western military innovations.
Hence, the opposite position of Russia regarding cooperation relations in the military and technical field that links it with the countries that are considered a partner in the position against the polar unilateralism and the policies of Western domination, led by China, North Korea and Iran.
At a time when there is no longer a secret of the existence of growing military cooperation with the aforementioned countries, there is no official information in return for the part of military manufacturing in particular.
Commenting on this, Arkadi Simbratov, an expert in strategic affairs, says that cooperation with these countries is manifested in the military field to enhance military relations and exchange experiences, and in some cases to supply military equipment.
With regard to China, the spokesman notes that cooperation with it includes various fields, including joint military exercises, exchange of information and technology, and perhaps supply of military equipment, and continues that “this alliance is often seen as a balanced weight of the United States And NATO“.
As for North Korea, the increasing level of cooperation is linked to the conflict in Ukraine, where reports have been reported that North Korea supplied Russia with ammunition, as well as the participation of North Korean soldiers in battles, as happened in the battle to restore Cursk Province Recently, pointing out that in 2024 a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement was signed, including mutual military assistance between the two countries.
For Iran, cooperation mainly aims to provide weapons and technologies that help Iran to update its army, while in return Iran plays a major role in the supply of drones and other military technology to Russia.