RE: Russia and Ukraine
March 14, 2022 at 10:38 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2022 at 11:21 am by Anomalocaris.)
I highly suspect the veracity of the story that Russia has asked for any large scale military assistance from China.
However, much of the Russian military advantage remains rooted in the military R&D initiated in the Soviet era.
In many area the military technology that relies on post-cold war technology development in general, the Chinese are no doubt well ahead due to the much more modern state of their general industrial infrastructure and much larger scale of their general non-military specific R&D. These include things such drones, secure communication and communication interception equipment, processors and controllers, smart weapons, distributed sensors, lasers, etc
If the Russians did ask for Chinese weapons, it is almost certainly not a request for large scale replacement of expended or lost hardware such ammunition or tanks. Instead it is likely to be a request for technical capability and equipment the Russians never had, but the need for which became acute due to evolving situation on the ground.
I might think the Russians would be very interested in miniature drones that can be used for on the spot reconnaissance by small units, Modern electronic signal interception equipment that can pin point frequency agile, low probability of intercept communication transmissions, Man-portable Mortar locating radar that can pin point the location of any ambush by bscktracking the trajectory of any airborne projectiles back to their source. Etc.
they may also be looking for modern secure, difficult to intercept communication equipment given that the US and Ukrainians seems to have gathered much intelligence by intercepting Russian communication.
However, much of the Russian military advantage remains rooted in the military R&D initiated in the Soviet era.
In many area the military technology that relies on post-cold war technology development in general, the Chinese are no doubt well ahead due to the much more modern state of their general industrial infrastructure and much larger scale of their general non-military specific R&D. These include things such drones, secure communication and communication interception equipment, processors and controllers, smart weapons, distributed sensors, lasers, etc
If the Russians did ask for Chinese weapons, it is almost certainly not a request for large scale replacement of expended or lost hardware such ammunition or tanks. Instead it is likely to be a request for technical capability and equipment the Russians never had, but the need for which became acute due to evolving situation on the ground.
I might think the Russians would be very interested in miniature drones that can be used for on the spot reconnaissance by small units, Modern electronic signal interception equipment that can pin point frequency agile, low probability of intercept communication transmissions, Man-portable Mortar locating radar that can pin point the location of any ambush by bscktracking the trajectory of any airborne projectiles back to their source. Etc.
they may also be looking for modern secure, difficult to intercept communication equipment given that the US and Ukrainians seems to have gathered much intelligence by intercepting Russian communication.
