In the electronics and semiconductor industries, Russia’s level of development is very backward. In the era of electron tubes in the 1960s and 1970s, the level of electronic technology in the Soviet Union was not much behind the United States. It was comparable. But later in the IC era, the Soviet Union The Soviet Union took a detour in the development of electronic technology. The Soviets believed that the integrated circuit’s anti-interference ability and reliability in the nuclear war environment were not good enough. Therefore, the Soviet Union took the evil path of miniaturization of the electron tube, and finally drastically increased the scope of the electronics industry. Behind the United States.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union led to the decline of the Russian electronics industry. Although Russia inherited the legacy of most of the Soviet electronics industry, Russia’s electronics industry and chip technology have greatly lagged behind the world’s advanced levels due to insufficient financial investment. 99% of electronic components rely on Imports. Further lagging behind in the field of military electronics products, the Russian Talwa guided missile frigate exported to India, and the 11356R type frigate for its own use, the equipment of the command system above, especially the computer equipment, are all manufactured by IBM of the United States. T-90 The tank is equipped with Catherine Thermal Imager from France Thales.
The Russian aviation industry is very strong, but the level of avionics technology is equally flattering. The Russian-owned Su-30SM fighter jets are equipped with the original French Thales laser diffraction and Sigma integrated navigation system. After being subject to Western sanctions, no The method was replaced by the old-fashioned display and navigation system.
Most surprisingly, the Su-30SM fighter actually used a fire-control computer developed in India. In 2014, Russia's Irkut purchased 34 radar fire-control computers from Hindustan Airlines for the Su-30SM. The fighter's N011M 'Snow Leopard' R phased array radar fire control system, and Russia has successively ordered 100. One of the world's most powerful aviation powers, actually procure high performance in a backward country where even third-generation fighters are uncertain. Fire control computer, this is rare.
Russia also relies heavily on imports in the field of aerospace electronics. For example, 80 percent of GLONASS satellite systems use electronic components from Western countries, and the proportion of other spacecraft is also similar. From 2014, Western sanctions made it impossible for Russia. Imports of military-grade electronic components from the United States and other countries. Russia’s missile and aerospace companies have begun to shift to China’s search for alternative imports of aerospace electronic components. 98% of China’s aerospace and satellite systems are made in China and China is willing to send To provide everything needed, for example, NASA currently has close cooperation with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and Aerospace Science and Technology Group.
According to statistics from the Russian missile aerospace companies and military-industrial complexes, starting from 2015, Russia will purchase more than one billion U.S. dollars worth of electronic component products each year from China, mainly high-end aerospace-grade electronic products. This is equivalent to Russia’s annual exports to foreign countries. One tenth of the total amount of weapons.
The rockets, satellites and ballistic missiles launched in Russia in the past three years have a lot of Chinese-made aerospace-grade electronic components. In 2015, China purchased 24 Su35 fighters from Russia at a unit price of 83 million U.S. dollars. The total contract value is 20 Billion US dollars. This means that China purchased the money spent on 24 Su35 fighter jets and earned the revenue from selling aerospace electronic components to Russia for two years.