Japanese and Chinese machine tools found on Russian bomb production lines

International researchers traced foreign manufacturing equipment from Japan, China and Taiwan to three Russian defense facilities producing guided bomb modules, missile stabilizers and ballistic missiles, according to the HUR
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Foreign equipment in Russian weapons production. Credit: War&Sanctions
Japanese and Chinese machine tools found on Russian bomb production lines

Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate has published new information about foreign equipment Russia uses to manufacture guided bomb modules, missiles and artillery ammunition.

The data comes from participants in an international OSINT hackathon organized to mark the first anniversary of the War&Sanctions portal.

Teams and independent investigators from Ukraine and abroad identified Okuma machining centers from Japan and Hision equipment from China on the production line for universal planning and correction modules for aerial bombs at Russia's Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, according to GUR.

Researchers also discovered that JSC Central Research Institute Burevestnik manufactures stabilizers for mortar rounds using a Performa vertical machining center made by Taiwan's AKIRA SEIKI.

The investigation identified Russian companies that supplied Chinese KEDE and WMT machine tools, as well as Taiwanese ECOM VL-12i milling centers, to the Votkinsk Plant after the full-scale invasion began. The Votkinsk facility produces Iskander missiles and the recently deployed Oreshnik system.

"The obtained data is already being used to form sanctions initiatives and limit the production capacity of the Russian military-industrial complex," GUR stated.

Ukraine's intelligence services have previously documented foreign components in Russian weapons systems. HUR recently released a diagram of Russia's Orion drone and data on 43 enterprises involved in its production. Earlier, the intelligence directorate published information on 68 foreign components in missiles and drones that Russia uses against Ukraine.

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