“Take a step forward”, or How Ukraine “forgets” about international military contracts

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We often write about what is happening in Ukrainian society. The topic is quite interesting already because exactly the same fate was intended for us in a very recent past. We had our own pravoseki, and fascists, and separatists, and civil war ... Even the state was governed in much the same way. After each decision, the governments waited for Washington to say. Perhaps that is why the interest in the southern neighbor is not cooling. To the former brotherly country. Probably, therefore, people from the destroyed villages and cities of Donbass are tearing at heart. Perhaps that is why I do not want to believe the words of some friends and relatives from Ukraine ...





Today the topic of conversation will be completely different. The "state organism" is somewhat akin to the human. And consists of many organs whose purpose is strictly functional. Food, movement, orientation in space and so on. All that makes us a certain biological species. And the country of the state. These bodies, most often, not our merit. They are transmitted to us by our ancestors. And we either develop the necessities for life, or, on the contrary, we do it so that our descendants do not pass on the unnecessary.

In the Ukrainian version of the state there are exactly the same bodies as all the others. Or rather, probably, it will be more correct to say already, there were ... Difference from most other countries precisely in atavisms. Those bodies that the modern Ukrainian state considers unnecessary. Every feeling has its own organ. Nose - smell, skin - touch, ears - hearing, eyes - eyesight, tongue - taste ... Anything, but not any. A sense of responsibility for the future, a sense of proportion, a sense of shame, and many of our other feelings, alas, do not have such an organ. They simply are or they are not.

Hundreds of times in various media, readers have seen a comparison of the potentials that went to the former Soviet republics after the collapse of the USSR. If you wish, you can find a comparison literally in any area of ​​life. From the defense industry to the quantity and quality of maternity homes ... But today we are interested in the defense industry. Or rather, the export potential of the defense industry of Ukraine.

Interests from the point of view of Russia. Anyway, the decades that have passed since the collapse of the decade have made us competitors in the arms market. Almost identical military industry, identical scientific and engineering personnel, identical "Soviet" ideas in promising developments ... And therefore, when concluding contracts, we can not always rejoice at the victories. No one hides that potentially, if it had not happened Maidan, Ukraine would be a serious competitor for our military industrial complex.

Probably one of the most indicative "peremog" of Ukraine from those that suddenly turned into "zradu" is a long-standing contract for the supply of armored personnel carriers BTR-4 to the Republic of Iraq. Let me remind you that the contract was signed by a subsidiary of the state company Ukrspetsexport - the State Enterprise Progress Foreign Trade Company and the General Directorate of Arms and Support of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Iraq 25 September 2009 of the year.

This really profitable and promising contract for Ukraine. Delivery of 420 armored personnel carriers with combat modules "Sail", components, simulators, services. Only at the implementation stage, the country received 457,5 million dollars. And what a promising market has opened ...

Only then, back in the "premaid" period, it became clear that Ukraine was not going to take advantage of the victory. Paradox, but the contract began to "quietly merge" almost immediately. The feeling was created that the Ukrainian side was acting purposefully to its own detriment. The deadlines were not maintained, the quality of those machines that were still supplied to Iraq was at a terrifying level. Many probably remember the scandals of those times. Pick the Iraqi and Ukrainian sides about the quantity and quality of armored personnel carriers. From 420 for the period of the contract exported all 88 units were delivered. But of these already delivered, the BTR returned 2014-th 42 in January. Cracked hull! Old age is no joy. Even for armored vehicles.

Just to understand the horror that the Iraqis have experienced from the Ukrainian "new" armored personnel carriers, I will cite the inspection data of the supplied vehicles by Kharkov engineers. No comments.

From 88 new machines managed to start only 56. From the 56-established BTR independently, without the help of mobile maintenance workshops, started 23 machines. Out of the 56 BTRs that were started by the BTR, 34 could move. On 10 machines the starters were faulty or completely absent (!). Acknowledged defective 4 sight, 8 panoramic devices, 10 fire control system units, 6 guns, 8 machine guns, 11 automatic machine gun grenade launchers. All are recognized as faulty (!) Battery. Iraq independently replaced them with the Chinese. The cracks in the armored hulls of the vehicles were fixed and photographed ...

To calm the conscience of some particularly patriotic representatives of the country of origin I inform you: all the armored personnel carriers returned were quickly “put in good order” and sent to the ATO zone. We assume that Kharkiv citizens are able to, when it is necessary to make high-quality repairs ... For their "viyskosluzhbovtsiv" ...

Some readers probably think about why I would suddenly pick up the old history? Like "hushed up the case." At least there are no special calls for breaking the contract. Iraq today is not up to contracts. There the war is in full swing. Mosul erased from the face of the Earth. And in Ukraine, it seems, prosecutors are involved in this matter. Purely on the "nezalezhnoy scheme". There is a consequence. How it goes for the murder of Elderberry, the murder of Sheremet, the burning of people in Odessa, the "heavenly hundred", the crimes in the Donbas ... Ukrainian prosecutors perfectly assimilated the principle of the work of Khoja Nasreddin. "In 20 years, either I will die, or the emir will die, or the donkey will die ...".

Did not work "hush up". The fact is that Ukraine received an advance payment from Iraq! .. Not as much as we would like, but received. 91,5 million dollars. And this money was successfully "mastered" by numerous structures as payment for services. And now we must return. True, not all. Some 72 million dollars with a penny. But to return ... And from what "pocket" to take?

If it were, for example, Russia, then the usual scheme would work in such cases. It would be enough to refer to the "evil poperednikiv." They plundered, hid in your country. So, ask them. We have nothing to do with it. The Kiev court recognized ... And the fact that the contract was guaranteed by the state of Ukraine does not bother anyone. Today it is a different state!

But Ukraine "stepped on the corn" to Iraq. And, therefore, to some extent, to Europeans and Americans. Therefore, ICD is urgently needed (imitation of vigorous activity). To blame everything on A. Kovalenko (the former head of Ukrspetsexport), on Salamatin (his predecessor), on R. Romanov (the former head of Ukroboronprom, Pergudov (his predecessor), and even Yanukovich does not work. Just because for example, the guarantee letter, which was given by the government of Ukraine under President Yanukovych, was coordinated in several ministries. And who in the government of Azarov headed the ministry of economic development and trade? And today he leads Ukraine?

I wonder who, in the Ukrainian tradition, will be appointed by the new "sacred sacrifice"? Today, for the time being, presumably, the prosecutor’s office is starting an ICD. Investigators went to the Security Council, to the Parliament, to the cabinet of ministers. What for? Do they really hope to find there documents on the "cut" of money from the contract? Or see the hidden money transfer video recordings? We'll see. But the thought of "sacred sacrifice" remains ...

I began an article with an excursion into the "state organism". The main "organ" has always been and remains the brain. It is the brain that gives orders. There is a brain, whose functions “humanize” the organism. There is a spinal cord responsible for the functioning of the body as a biological system. In Ukraine, according to the sensations, both of these brains are "woven" into a single system. And they do everything and ... nothing. Moreover, both brains obey ... hands or another place. On which most often sit.

This is scary. As long as there are those who, without hesitation, carry out criminal orders, there will always be someone who, again, without hesitation, will give such orders. Think about it, those who carry out criminal orders, command those who give them. The circle is closed ...

The death of the Ukrainian "defense industry" is the result of this particular symbiosis. The loss of the country's image in the eyes of potential buyers is not worth 72 million dollars. And not even 100-200 million. Image is much more expensive. The Iraqi contract is only part of the problematic foreign policy commitments of Ukraine. By the most conservative estimates of Ukrainian sources, such contracts today are more than 60.

Export potential of Ukraine in the field of "defense" exhausted? Alas, judging by the latest contracts, about which the Ukrainian media spoke with gusto, Ukrainian politicians, including the president, were broadcasting, yes. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, United Arab Emirates, China ... This is not a complete list of the "peremog" of Ukrainian arms exporters. And what all these "peremoga" binds together?

Contracts provide for the creation of jobs ... in countries that purchase weapons. Ukraine remains "with its". And second, most importantly, the contracts provide for the free transfer of Ukrainian military technology to customers ... Not those that Ukrainian science has already surpassed. And those that are relevant today. Those who can bring real income now ...

Brains, of course, not visible. But their absence is immediately noticeable. Or is it just from the side?
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  1. +8
    24 May 2017 07: 10
    Brains, of course, not visible. But their absence is immediately noticeable. Or is it just from the side?
    Ukraine is not independent, it is under external control and everything that it does and does now, it does not do it and does it, but its Masters. And they have already shown that they do not need competitors, and therefore they are very successful, and most importantly, are quickly carrying out de-industrialization work. In all countries where they start hosting, they pump money, minds and lives out of them.
    1. 0
      24 May 2017 16: 33
      Quote: svp67
      Ukraine is not independent, it is under external control and everything that it does and does now, it does not do it and does it, but its Masters. And they have already shown that they do not need competitors, and therefore they are very successful, and most importantly, are quickly carrying out de-industrialization work. In all countries where they start hosting, they pump money, minds and lives out of them.

      Rather, the coincidence of the interests of the Boss and the thieving power that lives one day. The owner of Ukraine could not tell them this is an idea of ​​his power, the owner only after calculating the result and possibly getting his share, thought that this would only accelerate the collapse of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine ...
  2. +2
    24 May 2017 07: 16
    Brains, of course, are not visible. But their absence is noticeable immediately.

    Honestly, there’s nothing to add. But the most interesting thing is that something else is being sold and somehow functioning.
  3. +1
    24 May 2017 07: 21
    Indeed, it is a rare case when traces of the ominous hand of Kremlin agents cannot be detected and Russia cannot be attached to this “scum” from any side. It turns out that you need to hand over someone from "your own" (from the gang in which one - with a mace, the rest - with brushes). Because everyone is involved in the theft, then the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office should not waste time searching for evidence, but use a child’s reading room or draw. Even the short match method will still give an unmistakable result.
    1. +5
      24 May 2017 07: 44
      how does it fail? here ...
      How "Muscovites" are disrupting the export of Ukrainian equipment
      Today, 09: 34

      so, the Muscovites, the Muscovites, and the Muscovites again are to blame ...
    2. +1
      24 May 2017 07: 54
      Tajiks prevented ukra (everywhere), and they are under the hood of the Kremlin. They are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
  4. 0
    24 May 2017 07: 51
    If my memory serves me, then the shells of the APCs burst due to poor-quality welding (with a violation of the process). If the cars were a modernization of Soviet technology, then certain issues in general can be addressed to predecessors. The corps did not digest in Kharkov (although I am not aware of the work at the Kharkov plant).

    I only know that Zaporizhkran issued such a construct to the Lithuanians that they had to be digested almost completely on the spot

    This, of course, does not cancel the gouging, but still.
    1. +1
      24 May 2017 10: 01
      Zaporozhkran - the legend of jambs with welding.
      back in the USSR there were more than one claim to this enterprise
  5. 0
    24 May 2017 08: 43
    Forgetting the BTR-94 for Jordan.
    51 BTR-94s were delivered to Jordan, of which 50 units have now been transferred to Iraq, although twin 23-mm combat modules remained in Jordan.
    Refusal of Azerbaijan to purchase BTR-3 in 2013.
  6. +1
    24 May 2017 08: 49
    Soon, the remnants of the military commanders will be ordered to steal, no one needs competitors. But "Submarines" are still being sold ... F
  7. +7
    24 May 2017 09: 14
    Supreme Commander of Ukraine in NATO:
  8. +3
    24 May 2017 09: 35
    Quote: IrbenWolf
    If my memory serves me, then the shells of the APCs burst due to poor-quality welding (with a violation of the process). If the cars were a modernization of Soviet technology, then certain issues in general can be addressed to predecessors. The corps did not digest in Kharkov (although I am not aware of the work at the Kharkov plant).
    .

    The shells are digested, and quite seriously. On a Soviet basis, the tower (combat compartment) after the control compartment, behind the combat compartment, then the power. There is a combat module at the place of the airborne squad.
    At the expense of defects in Soviet times - can you imagine the work of military acceptance at factories during the USSR? Yes, it would be a scandal for the entire Union if the poor-quality troops would receive not a single machine, but a whole batch. The powers of the military representative at the plant were very high, the degree of responsibility as well. So it is not necessary to transfer responsibility to those who at one time in Arzamas did normal equipment.
  9. +2
    24 May 2017 11: 29
    And second, most importantly, the contracts provide for the free transfer of Ukrainian military technology to customers ...
    one thing is good, far from all the technologies of the USSR they had, and far from everything worked with them.
  10. +4
    24 May 2017 11: 35
    Welding in general is a very delicate matter. In particular, complex spatial structures and thick sheets. Qualification of a worker-welder is certainly needed here, but first of all, highly qualified welder-technologists are needed. Technological maps are developed for such work, where the order of the seams, the types of welds used and the associated operations are described in detail. Such specialists have always been worth their weight in gold, here we need a school and practice. If it is not there, it’s the seams (in the seams, more precisely smile ) And he will lead the box, and the seams will crack.
  11. +1
    24 May 2017 18: 28
    The Iraqi contract became so scandalous and corrupt even in the years of its conclusion before 2014 .. There were so many gaskets involved and sawing money that Kharkov got tears. The guys worked for that money (they recruited young people, because before that the plant didn’t need a lot of new people- and here is the backlog by order!).
    Quality corresponded to remuneration and qualifications (the money that went directly to those low-skilled workers).
    In general, it is amazing how they lost starters and stuff. Who took the cars? How did buyers flush out all the flaws? Didn’t they start the cars at all, but stupidly put them into storage? And they also took it in the package .. In general, there are many questions for everyone. And to the leaders and to the gaskets and to the plant and to the buyers. They have the same oil painting - they bought and didn’t check the “farmers”. Two twin countries came together with corruption and kickbacks ..
    And the 40 armored personnel carriers that were recalled were well served. At that time there was nothing at all. However, there were a lot of such situations, the same Algerian Migi.
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  14. +3
    26 May 2017 10: 29
    Get at least a fraction of the money and throw it at X ..... fishing is a national sport!
  15. +2
    26 May 2017 16: 04
    No one is hiding that potentially, if Maidan had not happened, Ukraine would be a serious competitor for our military-industrial complex.

    An idyllic statement based on nothing. Her military-industrial complex died long ago, long before the Maidan.
  16. 0
    28 May 2017 08: 07
    Flooded the sofa analysts)))
  17. +1
    28 May 2017 23: 04
    They are so busy not doing anything that the rest of the time is running out ...
    request
  18. +3
    4 June 2017 11: 36
    What is happening in Ukraine cannot be described in any logical scenario. Even if you throw away the evacuation of specialists beyond the borders of Ukria in an attempt to earn normal money, theft of exorbitant volumes, the situation still looks critical. Moreover, the above attempt to sell "technology" will lead to nothing. I’ll explain in a nutshell: here is the Arab (conditionally) they brought the originals of the Soviet drawings to you (if translated to Ukriy - everything is finished here), let them include TK and guests, and all everything, then you hire a translator - yeah, the phaloss who will translate you normally (and the slightest mistake)) translate the word "member" laughing ) and instead of armor steel you have a trash can !! But even this is not the whole matter in that in Ukria not a single dash of the normal was developed, all that they have is the development of the USSR, that is, it is definitely out of date. Moreover, Ukraine has never been completely enclosed in itself in the military-industrial complex, a lot of it was imported from other republics, which means that in addition to the phrase "fasten the ДПЩ48 device," they cannot offer in return.
    Why am I so dismissive of the "achievements" of the ukrovsky military-industrial complex - yes, because we look at the ATO (video, photo) and fall into a stupor! At the sight of PTRS in the hands of a fighter of New Russia, I regret, but "not to fat," but from the form and reports of WHAT ukrovermahtovtsy are fighting belay . Hence the contempt for the "trade in Ukraine with technology" - buyers will receive the same "rusty factories." I would rather think that such "perverted" financing of the Ukrainian fascist regime is coming.
  19. +1
    28 November 2017 14: 49
    Temporary workers all work that way. Everywhere.

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