Status of Russian Military Industrial Complex (MIC)

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Former deputy head of Il PJSC A. Novozhilov was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of fraud in the development of the Il-76 MD-90A military transport aircraft.

Also, the former director of the Center for Design Technologies (CPCT) of the Moscow Aviation Institute, Vyacheslav Khvan, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. 


The third person involved in the case, the ex-head of the planning and dispatch department of the Center for Transport and Communications, Igor Titov, received a suspended 4.5-year prison sentence.

I hope they organize a Construction Bureau in jail for them, like in Stalins time.

GarryB wrote:Honestly would be shocked if RUSI ever said anything nice about Russia or gave it genuine credit for anything.

I am dubious about numbers of missiles being cited in random articles. These are not public figures and a most likely state secrets in Russia. Yet
we have "50" being quoted as if it is common knowledge. The same goes for production rates. Unless the government releases this data, which it
won't, any numbers are pure speculation.

Hole wrote:I hope they organize a Construction Bureau in jail for them, like in Stalins time.

Problem is that it'll be composed purely of corrupt managers, not scientists and engineers

They wouldn't be able to design a campfire altogether, much less an aircraft

They could start a company that embezzles money from the west. 

Hole wrote:They could start a company that embezzles money from the west. 

If they did from the beginning then they'd be walking around with Hero of Russia medals, not rotting in jail

After they get out of prison, they should have another think about how to be a corrupt **** at someone else's expense, but only as long that someone else is not the Russian state

franco wrote:

The number of new armored vehicles is also growing. For example, the Kurganmashzavod plant produced 100 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles during the first quarter of 2023. In the second quarter, this figure increased to 108 vehicles. In the third quarter, 120 BMP-3s rolled off the assembly line, and in the fourth quarter, 135 vehicles were produced.

This growth may seem modest, but it shows that Russia is steadily increasing its production capacity.

I would not be surprised if the number of BMPs produced in a year exceeds the number of European analogues produced in 10 years.

"This growth may seem modest", yeah.

I have read somewhere they can produce 50-60 BMP-3s a month. So even those numbers seem kind of low.

Does Russia possess weather manipulation technology like (HAARP) like the United States and is Russia aware that the US could use this as warfare on Russia?


https://www.newstreason.com/post/haarp-the-truth-behind-the-government-s-secret-weather-control-program

https://www.globalresearch.ca/haarp-secret-weapon-used-for-weather-modification-electromagnetic-warfare/20407

https://geopolitics.co/2015/06/06/us-air-force-admits-they-can-control-weather/

https://t.me/Viktor_Murakhovskiy/706

The creative team of the sobering-up center of reality explains the digital. Discussion of the topic with the deputy general designer of the defense industry holding company developing hypersonic products, including the Zircon, excerpts:

"We are now designing all products in "digital" and developing working design documentation (RDD) in "digital" as well. But since the current regulatory documentation, and most importantly in the requirements of the tactical and technical assignments (TTZ) for experimental design work (EDW), does not provide for the transfer of RDD to the customer in electronic form, we are preparing a full set of drawings on paper for presentation to military acceptance.

The existing regulatory framework, determining the procedure for performing work at the stages of the life cycle of weapons and military equipment, assumes the use of computer modeling only at the stage of "Research and justification of development", but even at this stage, each virtual experiment must be confirmed by a FULL-SCALE test.

There is no talk of saving, all contract prices are fixed, and the number of samples for testing is specified in the technical specifications for the R&D project. Today, we cannot include costs associated with computer modeling and rental of high-performance resources in the calculation and costing materials for the R&D project. They are not taken into account by the customer as separate costs. Such costs are included in overhead costs, which are already quite large. At the same time, investing own funds is problematic, after all, these are significant amounts. Today, part of the full-scale tests provided for by the current regulatory documentation can be easily replaced by virtual experiments on a "digital twin" of the product in an environment simulated on a supercomputer. However, until the technical specifications for the R&D project provide for the possibility of presenting the results of computer modeling as test results, the customer will not accept them. And, naturally, the customer WILL NOT ACCEPT the enterprise's costs for such virtual tests, although they can be several times less than the costs of full-scale testing."

This is interesting development:

Russia is expanding its solid-propellant motor-production facilities

https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/military-balance/2024/11/russia-is-expanding-its-solid-propellant-motor-production-facilities/

Nice article. Good catch.

You know what? That extended range Iskander and the Rubezh won't manufacture themselves.
Then there is the huge possible increase in the manufacture of MLRS rockets.

https://t.me/tass_agency/293135

The FSB conducted searches at the management of three factories in connection with a case of fraud in the implementation of a state defense order worth 811 million rubles, the FSB Directorate for the Rostov Region told TASS.

Good, more of these will mean more honest industries.

Continuing to fight corruption... excellent.

Russia almost made a suicidal mistake, by Kirill Strelnikov for RiaNovosti. 12.27.2024.

Last Wednesday, the final meeting of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of Russia was held, where the results of the work of the military-industrial complex of Russia in 2024 were summed up. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who noted strict adherence to and even exceeding of the plan schedules for many items and outlined plans for the next two years.

This event took place in a completely routine manner and without any pomp, although this year can safely be called revolutionary-historical (or historical-revolutionary) for the Russian military-industrial complex.

A gas station country, where every single washing machine is torn to shreds, managed, under conditions of unprecedented sanctions and large-scale military actions, to create an advanced and super-efficient link between industry and the military and to paint a pale picture of the entire collective Western military-industrial complex with a multi-trillion capitalization. As US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell stated a month ago, "the White House administration was amazed by the build-up of the army and the defense-industrial complex in Russia" and "the rebuilding of the Russian armed forces with such speed and determination."

It got to the point that, looking at our military-industrial complex, the Americans urgently rushed to write a plan for “reviving” their military-industrial complex, but admitted that some progress could only be expected in about five years.

It is quite clear why the Americans and other NATO members are in a fever: Russia is one-way superior in production of practically all types of military products to all NATO countries combined (in some areas – several times), and this causes them to short-circuit. And some high-profile premieres of domestic weapons in the outgoing year have even caused mass fainting and the cracking of shirt-fronts in the Western partners.

One of the main debuts is the beginning of the mass use of the FAB-3000 aerial bomb with a universal planning and correction module (UMPK) on the Ukrainian front. The deadly cast iron with one and a half tons of explosives, having acquired eyes and intelligence, allows for the precise hitting of targets at a distance of tens of kilometers, without entering the enemy's air defense zone, and turning enemy fortifications (along with the enemy) the size of two football fields into cheerful molecules with one bomb.

New and upgraded models of armoured vehicles, artillery, and air defence systems showed off their impressive performances; fifth-generation fighters made a splash; high-precision anti-tank weapons were deployed to applause — as of the summer of 2024, the number of episodes involving the use of Lancets alone within the SVO has reached two thousand. The list of talented soloists can go on and on.

The loudest benefit performance was the first combat use of the medium-range missile system "Oreshnik", after which the audience's approving roar was heard all over the world, and some comrades suddenly wanted to make peace.

But all this beauty, thanks to which the outgoing year for the SVO can be considered a turning point, could not have happened. According to experts, in the early 2000s, the country's defense industry complex was literally saved by President Vladimir Putin , who decided to consolidate defense enterprises into state holdings. The defeatist exchange of "guns for American butter" could have become the most costly and suicidal mistake for our country, but, to the great regret of the West, we bet on a strong Russia that can stand up for itself. And we were right.

Our military-industrial complex is currently developing at a dizzying pace (the production volume of artillery shells alone has increased 16 times compared to 2022), and our army, according to Vladimir Putin, is the most combat-ready in the world. Not long ago, the president stated that the significant successes of the Russian army in the Ukrainian conflict zone are achieved not only thanks to the courage and growing experience of our military, but also to the growing capabilities of our military-industrial complex, including the "people's" one.

And although victory has not yet been marked with a red felt-tip pen on the calendar, our leadership is already looking to the future, in which the collective West will certainly want to take revenge, betting on technological superiority. That is why at the above-mentioned final meeting of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of Russia this year, special emphasis was placed on the speedy preparation of a new state armament program, which should take into account today's combat experience, as well as threat models and long-term trends in the development of military science, including updated doctrines of our strategic rivals.

As the Supreme Commander-in-Chief pointed out, Russia needs to completely cover the armed forces' needs for drones, sharply increase UAV production, and actively introduce artificial intelligence technologies into military affairs. Dynamic movement in this direction has already begun: the leadership of the Ministry of Defence has decided to form a separate branch of the armed forces — the Unmanned Systems Troops; a course has been taken to provide the army with the latest developments by drastically reducing the time from their testing to delivery to units of the Russian Armed Forces; large-scale work has begun to provide the domestic military-industrial complex with highly qualified personnel; work is actively underway to increase the satellite constellation; serial production of the "brothers" and "sisters" of the "Oreshnik", which have no analogues in the world, has been launched; advanced robotic systems using AI technologies have begun to enter the troops.

At the same time, our leadership proceeds from the fact that the effect of the revolutionary development of our military-industrial complex should extend to the entire economy and all civilian spheres, for which purpose a course was taken to bring the military-industrial complex and non-military sectors of industry closer together, taking into account the experience of involving civilian sectors in the work of the defense complex during the implementation of the Second Military Operation.

Although now it is unlikely that anyone will dispute the thesis that if you do not feed your army, you will have to feed someone else's, it is important to understand that investments in the domestic military-industrial complex are investments not only in the security and independence of the country - it is also an engine of the economy, innovation and employment. Here is what the American resource Total Military Insight writes about this: "The US military-industrial complex is a powerful economic driver that annually brings hundreds of billions of dollars to the budget. By investing in the military-industrial complex, we not only protect our strategic interests, but also ensure the economic future for working families across the country."

This means that the popular mantra "trade guns for butter" is a false choice. Our choice is Russian guns, thanks to which there will be Russian butter (and not only) on every table, a peaceful sky above our heads, and a safe future for our children ahead.

https://ria.ru/20241227/vpk-1991552767.html

So many try to make defence and development different choices, when of course they have to both be made together.

No point in building Fort Knox to protect your family and food if you leave the doors open and the electric fence turned off.

Equally there is no point spending resources building a castle if your people are not fed and starve.

Russias military budget is probably around 10% GDP, which is pretty amazing considering they are in the middle of an actual war in Europe and a trade war with the entire west.

For Russia there is the added benefit that every ruble spent developing weapons to fight the west can generate income with other countries facing the same threats and problems.

The United Engine Company (UEC), part of Rostec State Corporation, has produced 700 serial VK-2500 engines, which are installed on Russian Ka-52 and Mi-8 helicopters.

https://www.sila-rf.ru/2024/11/11/odk-narastila-proizvodstvo-vertoletnyh-dvigatelej-vk-2500-v-2024-godu/

Nice.... eventually these engines should be retrofitted to basically all their 10-12 ton helicopter types including the Kamov Ka-52s and Mi-8s, but also the Mi-17s and Mi-28s and Ka-2731/32 etc etc... and I presume their new Minoga helicopter probably uses these improved engines too.

Replacing old engines and of course as new engines for new aircraft these are going to be in enormous demand.

How Belousov is changing the Russian military machine, by Alexey Anpilogov for VZGLYAD. 01.03.2025.

One of the key military-political events of 2024 was the change in the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence. The ministry was headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov. Why did a civilian, an economist, become the most appropriate candidate to head the military department, and what results has he already achieved?

The appointment of Andrey Belousov as Minister of Defence in May 2024 to replace Sergey Shoygu was unexpected, but to some extent predetermined by the situation that had developed in the Armed Forces by the beginning of last year. Despite successfully repelling the large-scale Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023, at that time the Russian army was struggling to “turn the wheel of war”, having only achieved success in the difficult and viscous offensive operation around Avdiivka.

The military actions of 2024 were very different from the conditions in which Russia began the special operation. First of all, for obvious reasons, financial expenditures on the army have increased significantly. They now amount to 6.3% of GDP, 2.5% more than before, which required special attention to control over expenses and their rationality.

"The nomination of Belousov for this post is largely due to the fact that the entire defence bloc in modern realities needs competent economic management. Because, as we see, the format of military operations is changing and requires, first of all, a stable property supply of the logistics support base," said political scientist and analyst at the Centre for Expert Support of Political Processes Petr Kolchin on this matter.

In addition, the picture on the battlefield has changed, new types of weapons have appeared, based on new technologies of communication and information processing. Among them, unmanned vehicles have stood out, effectively turning upside down both the tactics and strategy of military operations.

"It is obvious that digitalization in the military department is now necessary," Yevgeny Minchenko, president of the Minchenko Consulting communications holding, noted then regarding the first expectations from the new head of the Ministry of Defence. "Issues related to drones, electronic warfare systems, and microelectronics will play a key role," military expert Boris Rozhin confirmed this idea. After all, it was precisely the creation of unmanned systems that Belousov oversaw in his previous post as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government.

As a result, as 2024 showed, Belousov's actions focused on several critical areas in the work of the Ministry of Defence - both those already mentioned and a number of others. We will list only the most important and obvious ones.

1. Rationalization of military expenditures. Experience in managing civilian economic systems helped to more effectively direct military budget funds to the most necessary areas.

“Judging by the results on the battlefield, the growing equipment of our troops and the interception of the strategic initiative at the front, the Ministry of Defence has not only improved the quality of military acceptance work, but has also established control over the spending of state funds... There is more order,” says military expert Vasily Dandykin.

2. Improving the quality and speed of administration by eliminating unnecessary management links. The head of the Ministry of Defence himself, at the final board meeting of the department in mid-December, spoke about the first results of projects to optimize administrative processes in a number of department structures - "the number of redundant procedures can be reduced by 5-10 times, and the timeframes - by 5 or more times." The defence department plans to create an integrated information system.

At the same time, at a meeting of the Defence Ministry, President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a single information circuit in the troops, combining reconnaissance and destruction assets at different levels of command.

3. Focus on inventions, innovations, new technical solutions. This is exactly what President Vladimir Putin paid attention to when appointing the new head of the department. Under the new Minister of Defence, changes related to the introduction of new military systems, such as drones, unmanned boats, artillery systems, and high-precision munitions, have accelerated sharply.

"Today, a huge number of innovative technical developments are being carried out directly in the troops, showing high results... All this allows us to save thousands of lives of our servicemen. In this regard, it is necessary to conduct a full inventory of such military developments. To conduct their field tests on a systematic basis. And to organize serial production of the best models," Belousov said.

4. Support for the "people's military-industrial complex". Military personnel, in cooperation with civilian volunteers, are actively introducing many new technical solutions on the battlefield. Military innovators and volunteers who supply components and finished products that have not been accepted for service or supply are people without whom the current military actions would hardly be possible.

The Ministry of Defence has turned to our new Kulibins (by the way, one of the main suppliers of products from the “people’s military-industrial complex” to the troops was the “Kulibin Club” of the “People’s Front”). There, in these basement workshops, are strike “drones” and so-called closers – homing modules that guide a drone that has flown into the jamming zone of an enemy’s electronic warfare dome system to its target. Evacuation carts for the wounded, robotic transporters, electronic reconnaissance and jamming systems, carried by one or two soldiers, also appeared there.

5. Primary attention to UAVs. It is this means of armed conflict that has changed the face of combat in the 21st century. Therefore, by the end of the year, Andrey Belousov announced the creation of a new branch of the armed forces – the Troops of Unmanned Systems (TUS). In simple terms, these are units whose main means of armed conflict are drones – both FPV drones and heavy copters.

Experts have repeatedly raised the issue of Russia needing its own centralized structure in the troops, which would allow the development of strike formations, a training system, and tactical models of use - up to the inclusion of standards for the use of strike drones in the Combat Regulations of the Ground and Airborne Forces. Today, among domestic experts, the opinion has been formed that unmanned systems are the so-called "end-to-end technology" that should permeate all types of the Armed Forces and branches of the armed forces. This means that Russian UAS can be the same as the signal troops - engaged in the introduction of combat and auxiliary robotic systems into all structures of the army, navy and aviation. Judging by the fact that Belousov referred to the development of unmanned systems of "air, land and sea basing" during the SVO, this is how the Russian UAS will be organized.

It is worth understanding that Belousov's reforms are not only for the sake of winning a special operation. The Minister of Defence openly says that the country is preparing for a possible military conflict with NATO, and in the next ten years. This means that Russia right now needs decisions that will ensure at least a long-term balance in the ongoing global confrontation - given that the collective West has much greater resources, including purely military ones.

In a long-term confrontation with the West, it is important to skillfully combine economics and military affairs. Judging by the first results of the work of economist Belousov as Minister of Defence, this is exactly what we see.

The criteria and principles of military spending are changing. The principle proclaimed by Belousov when his candidacy was being considered in parliament, "it is possible to make mistakes, but it is not allowed to lie," is being implemented. The military-industrial complex, including the "people's military-industrial complex," is becoming one of the main points of economic growth in Russia, a place where the best minds, engineers, and inventors are concentrated.

Of course, the "Belousov reforms" are being implemented together with the head of the department and his team - the composition of the deputy ministers of defence has also been updated. And if the military-operational leadership in the person of the first deputy, the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov remained the same, then, for example, a new head of logistics - deputy minister, Colonel General Andrei Bulyga, state secretary - deputy minister responsible for personnel and heading the "Defenders of the Fatherland" fund Anna Tsivileva, deputy minister responsible for construction and property of the department - Pyotr Fradkov were appointed. These appointments in themselves make it clear which areas of the Ministry of Defence's activities were strengthened in the past year.

With all this, there is still much to be done. And a lot depends on how effectively Belousov's team works in the Ministry of Defence, how truthful the information is that is reported to him, and on how correct conclusions are made on its basis - from the outcome of the SVO to whether Russia will be able to withstand military conflicts of the future.

https://m.vz.ru/society/2025/1/3/1306414.html

Well Belousov is a veteran manager and organizer. The appointment of him and relocation of Shoigu to other important positions means that Russia want to further boost the efficiency and streamlining of war system that adapt to a long war of attrition, and surely not only against the Kiev puppet regime, but also the masters behind it.

at that time the Russian army was struggling to “turn the wheel of war”

BS
It was a decision by the General Staff to go into "Strategic Defence mode" to let the enemy bleed himself and
go into a slow motion offensive after that. Mercouris called it "aggressive attrition".

All those points mentioned in the article were already put into force under Shoigu.
Belousovs appointment has more to do with the time after the SMO.
We will see the results of his "reforms" at the earliest in 2026 or later.

BS
It was a decision by the General Staff to go into "Strategic Defence mode" to let the enemy bleed himself and
go into a slow motion offensive after that. Mercouris called it "aggressive attrition".

Since day one HATO training and plans have been based on German active retreat used during WWII where they withdraw but inflict maximum damage on the enemy as they withdraw, but with the west the assumption is that they will control the air so they can also have leave behind teams to attack support and supply trains and get the Soviets to overreach and then bleed them...

Russia isn't that stupid (they never had the logistics to invade Europe... the plan was never to invade Europe, it was to eliminate Europe as a threat... so Europe was going to be nuked to extinction and any ground war would be fought on Warsaw Pact territory instead of on Soviet territory like WWII was fought.