Inside the Lab Exposing U.S. Chips Powering Russia’s Weapons

Inside the Lab Exposing U.S. Chips Powering Russia’s Weapons | WSJ

Despite Western sanctions, Russia keeps importing critical foreign-made components for its arms used against Ukraine. Data from RUSI, a British defense and security think-tank, reveals that 70% of foreign-made components found in 27 Russian weapons systems and military equipment used in the first four months of the war were made by American companies.

WSJ’s Ian Lovett visits a specialized forensic laboratory in Kyiv that analyzes debris from Russian munitions to find out more.

Chapters:
0:00 Russian weapons
0:39 The lab and its findings
1:56 How chips end up in Ukraine
3:11 New sanctions

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