Japanese press: Russian UAVs fly on Japanese engines
Russia successfully uses foreign dual-use products in its military equipment. In particular, Russian UAVs fly on Japanese engines.
Japanese defense expert Naoaki Hidani writes about this in his article published in the journal Shukan Gendai.
He notes that some countries, including Russia, are purchasing engines and other components made in Japan as civilian products in order to install them on their combat drones. For example, Khidani refers to the Ukrainian portal InformNapalm, which talks about the investigation of volunteers from Ukraine. That's where, as they say, legs grow ...
They allegedly carefully examined the Russian reconnaissance UAV Orlan-2016, which suffered an accident in Donbas in 10. The volunteers determined that of all the components of the drone, they claim, only the fuselage and the radio signal receiver have been created in the Russian Federation. Everything else turned out to be imported, and the parts were of the most diverse origin. And the engine of the FG-40 was made in Japan.
The 4-stroke FG-40 unit manufactured by the Japanese company Saito Seisakusho is considered very popular in the world market and is usually used in the production of radio-controlled aircraft models. It is supplied to 24 states, including Russia. But among the clients of the company there is no Russian company "Center for Special Technologies", which produces military Drones Orlan-10.
Khidani is worried about this. After all, it turns out that manufacturers of dual-use products from Japan do not know which end consumer it will go to. And one day it may turn out that, for example, against their country, the same North Korea will begin to use combat drones equipped with high-quality Japanese engines.
In other words, the statements of the Japanese observer are based on the speculations of Ukrainian so-called volunteers.
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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