Western components found in missile used by Russia to hit Okhmatdyt
A piece of the engine and other parts of the X-101 cruise missile were found at the site of the tragedy.
The X-101 cruise missile that Russia used to hit Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital uses components made in the United States and Switzerland for civil aviation, the Financial Times reports, citing its own sources in Ukraine.
This assessment is based on an analysis of the Ukrainian side’s examination of the wreckage of a similar missile used by Russia in a strike on another facility in January. It has two components manufactured by the Swiss company STMicroelectronics and 14 American components from Intel, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and other companies.
“Although sanctions have cut Russia off from some advanced components, the Kremlin’s defense sector has turned to microprocessors and other advanced technologies not intended for military use,” the article says.
Moreover, all these Western components are intended mainly for civilian use and some of them are quite old, the publication emphasizes. The Russian documentation states that the parts were made in China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, or Thailand.
According to the analysis of the Office of the President of Ukraine provided to the publication, “the X-101 missile may contain more than 50 different foreign-made parts.”
Earlier it was reported that a fragment of the X-101 cruise missile engine was found at the crash site. In addition, Ukrainian investigators found: a fragment of the X-101 wing deployment mechanism, a fragment of the X-101 jamming unit, the middle part of the X-101 hull, the tail section fairing and a fragment of the X-101 hydraulic unit, and other elements.
