According to the expert, the Russian Federation is gradually losing some of its sovereignty in the sphere of military-technical policy.

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Not long ago, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, President Dmitry Medvedev, voiced the phrase, which has practically become winged: “You don’t need to buy junk.” She sounded in Gorki, Moscow Region, at a meeting of the head of state with Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and concerned products of the Russian defense industry.

You can endlessly listen to or grasp the intonation of this little word - “junk” - which inadvertently fluttered out of the shining lips, and you no longer shove it back. From the context, it turns out that the guarantor does not consider all the products of the domestic defense industry to be a deliberate junk, but assumes the very possibility: they say, look, prices are being bullied, but you don’t yawn, watch carefully ... I quote literally: "The Ministry of Defense should climb inside each order, it is a lot of money ", and then - just this very ungraceful word.

The reaction of the defense, of course, was to be expected. Being by the middle of the year without a state defense order, she was also stung by such an unflattering attitude of the supreme power. The answer was followed by a verbose, rather reminiscent cry of despair and an attempt to get to the president, who almost certainly was doomed to failure, obviously, who is reportedly told that. In a text published on the official website of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions, the collective author recalls everything and makes rather radical demands. Namely, to completely abandon the practice of importing weapons - with rare exceptions, when it is necessary to study an unknown technology.

Moreover, one could even put up with practice, when in some cases priority is given to foreign manufacturers, if against this background there was no infringement of the rights of specific employees of the domestic defense industry. “We have information about targeted lowering of wages of employees of defense enterprises when purchasing defense products. At enterprises, when coordinating salaries in the price of the State Defense Order (GOZ) in 2011, the RF Ministry of Defense proposes to reduce the level of wages compared to 2010 in the year by 15-20%. This does not take into account the average salary at the enterprise under the current collective agreement, the average salary in the region, not fully taken into account the rise in prices for metal, raw materials, components and energy, ”the document says. Such is the interesting savings due to the acquisition, as it were, “not junk”. You can only put yourself in the shoes of ordinary defense workers for a second in order to feel almost physical pain from resentment.

The letter also lists the requirements addressed personally to President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Security Council of the Russian Federation: “1. Legally prohibit the purchase by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of foreign military equipment for the regular supply of the Russian army. 2. The decision on the procurement of foreign military equipment in the absence of the corresponding Russian counterparts should in each case be considered by the Russian Security Council. 3. When concluding contracts on state defense orders, the salaries of employees of defense enterprises should not be lower than the amounts determined by the collective agreement and the industry tariff agreement. ”

And the final accord was signed by Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov and Chairman of the Association of Russian Trade Unions of Defense Industries Andrei Chekmenev who demanded “urgent measures to ensure full and timely funding of the State Defense Ministry, stop the economic undermining of the Russian defense industry and prevent the elimination of millions of high-tech jobs” .

An open letter to the Association of Russian Trade Unions of Defense Industries and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia addressed to the supreme authority, including the president, for KM.RU was commented by the First Vice-President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, Captain First Rank, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov:

- To begin with, there is always a point in such statements, since they demonstrate the determination of the representatives of the working class, engineers, and technical staff to fight for the safety of the Russian defense industry and ensure the security of the Russian Federation. Plus, it affects the social interests of citizens working in the defense industry. And the fact that they are now turning to the president is positive, because it will be worse if they go to the streets and start strikes. And this will happen inevitably if the course that Mr. Medvedev is imposing on us continues.

Now for the very topic of procurement of foreign military equipment. This means that the Russian Federation loses part of its sovereignty in the sphere of military-technical policy. Simply put, when acquiring foreign weapons, Russia turns out to be dependent on foreign manufacturers of military equipment in a number of positions, primarily in terms of the supply of components to the acquired weapons. It is necessary to acquire in the same countries specific fuel and lubricants, specific ammunition on which the acquired equipment operates.

Thus, the Russian Federation is forced to comply with the requirements of those countries from which it imports equipment, in terms of its application. Otherwise, the exporting countries will simply stop the supply of components, and the acquired equipment can no longer be applied. And this, in turn, means that the entire units and units that are armed with this equipment will prove to be non-viable.

Adoption of foreign military equipment also implies that the training of personnel on this weapon will be carried out in the countries where it is produced. This is natural and normal, since it is in the countries of production that one can learn from the experience of using this technique. The process of training our military specialists abroad naturally leaves a certain imprint on them. And already in solving the tasks associated with the use of troops, these trained soldiers will not be completely reliable, especially if it comes into collision with the countries where they mastered the new technologies.

It is known that modern military equipment is packed with electronics for various purposes. In this case, the decisive role here is played by computing operating systems. These systems, such as Windows and others, are closed, i.e. it is impossible to get into their design. The manufacturer can install in it various so-called. "Bookmarks". At the same time, it can be said that software on military equipment is open, but this does not negate the possibility of laying secret codes into the program. There are hardware bookmarks that are hidden, are not included in the technical documentation. And on command from the outside, they can disable the equipment in one moment. In particular, this is exactly what happened with the Hawk anti-aircraft missile systems that were once delivered to Iraq. And when hostilities began as part of Operation Storm in the Desert, they were taken out of action by a single command from a satellite in near-earth orbit.

Foreign weapons, as a rule, are significantly more expensive than Russian. Accordingly, the money allocated for the purchase of foreign weapons goes to the development of the military-industrial complex of the exporting country: the French who supply Mistrals, the Italians who sell Iveco equipment ... They use this money to develop their production base, engineering design scientific schools. At the same time, our defense enterprises are idle and simply cannot afford any development. That is, this is a real blow to our military-industrial complex.

Thus, Mr. Medvedev’s statement that we need to consider the possibility of purchasing foreign weapons testifies to one of two things: either he has a malicious intent regarding the defense capability of our country, or this is evidence of his extreme incompetence in military-technical matters politicians. Moreover, he, being the Supreme Commander, clearly should not be a complete amateur.

Currently, the Russian Federation has the main range of technologies necessary for the production of military equipment. And the equipment that we buy from abroad - French, Italian, German - is exported by countries that occupy 6-e, 7-e, 10-e in the ranking of countries - exporters of military equipment. Russia takes, for a moment, second place in the list of exporting countries! That is, our weapons are significantly superior in quality to French, German, and especially Italian, especially by the criterion of "cost-effectiveness". And other states that consider their money (and consider it thoroughly) are purchasing our weapons.

Saudi Arabia gladly buys our BMP-3, which the famous Mr. Popovkin was slinging mud; India purchases our T-90, which also counts the money and which, in its military-technical development, has practically reached Russia, if it has not already surpassed it. On the basis of our T-90 and T-72, the Chinese make their own tank, our 125-mm cannon is adopted. This list can be continued indefinitely. They buy Su-30, Su-27, MiG-29 ... The same Italy cannot imagine such a spectrum of armed equipment in the international arena. Therefore, we should not learn from them some technologies: we have our own technologies.

But even if there is such an interest - to get some new technologies, which is quite normal and natural, don’t need to buy equipment in thousands of units: in such cases, single samples are purchased, specifically for the purpose of studying the technology. When in Soviet times they wanted to get technology from Germany or from England or from the USA, they bought 5 copies tank "Christie", on the basis of which we produced a series of tanks BT-5, BT-2 and BT-7, which fought in the Great Patriotic War. In England, a six-ton ​​Vickers was purchased in the amount of 9 units, on the basis of which the T-26 tank was made. When we wanted to study German planes, we bought 2-3 units Messerschmitt-110, Messerschmitt-109, and Junkers-177. And when we buy thousands of Italian cars Iveco, 4 Mistral - this is not getting new technologies, but undermining the defense of the Russian Federation and destroying the Russian defense industry.
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  1. merkawa
    0
    25 July 2011 12: 49
    This is all so of course, we don’t have to cling to the president’s words, we also have a lot of junk, but the development of the military-industrial complex has no money or desire fellow
  2. +7
    25 July 2011 12: 51
    What can I say about that, that ... you need to go to the polls (which I never basically did) and choose another worthy President of the country.
    1. svvaulsh
      +3
      25 July 2011 14: 02
      Yes, it seems I’ll have to tear my ass off the monitor and go to vote, which I didn’t do either. But already got ..............!
    2. 0
      26 July 2011 10: 12
      whom?
  3. Alexander 22
    +3
    25 July 2011 13: 04
    I agree with Mah79 ..
  4. atheist
    -3
    25 July 2011 14: 04
    it is necessary to invent something completely new, and not the modernization of tanks or planes, for example hybrids of cars and planes, or a tank and a ship, so that there is something to kill the OPC of other countries
  5. Goldy
    -2
    25 July 2011 14: 54
    for whom will you vote? and for which party? I don’t even know who to vote for, this year I’ll go to the polls for the first time
    1. svvaulsh
      +4
      25 July 2011 15: 15
      I lived approximately equally under the rule of Communists and opportunist Democrats. And yet I have to say sho, if you remove some ideological excesses, then it was much better. The best option - I do not like China (this is a subjective opinion and does not apply to the economic model). So the choice is small, it’s real only for the Communist Party (not ideal, of course, but the rest is even worse.)
      1. His
        0
        25 July 2011 22: 36
        We are not Chinese
  6. +2
    25 July 2011 15: 37
    Max79,

    I agree!


    From what will be proposed, probably for the Communist Party.
  7. +2
    25 July 2011 16: 29
    I will vote for the Communists in the Duma, and for the presidential for Putin - they are not enemies of the country, but there they will somehow agree among themselves ...
    And on the question - let them buy the latest equipment in the West, if we are behind even in the opinion of these experts. Under Peter, they did it — nothing, then they began to do it better, they bought from us ... That's right, buy it, only with the mind that you need to do it yourself, where you are behind, where something new breakthrough has appeared (if they give of course - well so it is necessary to negotiate, press, steal in the end) and not launder money ...
    1. svvaulsh
      +1
      25 July 2011 16: 54
      I occasionally leaf through the binder of newspapers in the early 2000s. Conversations, conversations. Then I believed ....... Turn on the TV ..... talk, talk (about that 10 years ago). A typical groundhog day, but how many of us can be fed with promises? communists-Putin, this is an impeachment-dissolution of the Duma, again a political impasse. (A fable about a swan, a cancer and a pike). Here the choice is simple, either a continuation of the current policy, or a new (socially oriented) policy. The way out is that the government should also be formed by the Communists, which Putin will not do. So the president needs a new one.
    2. Eric
      0
      25 July 2011 21: 33
      Who will sell us normal machines? Do not be naive!
  8. Goldy
    +3
    25 July 2011 17: 25
    I also want to support the Communist Party, and in the presidency it is necessary also with the Communist Party. Putin served his
    1. Superduck
      +1
      25 July 2011 18: 58
      Leadership is bad. Tell me guys, what is the difference between GDP and the bear in addition to personal qualities? Maybe Putin has a cool team, or what program is there, or a bear? And the team has a single program - EdRos.
      1. svvaulsh
        +2
        25 July 2011 21: 34
        No difference, it's like a two-sided jacket. There are programs and not bad ones (since advisers are good at eating their bread.). The problem is different, it doesn’t go beyond conversations. That 10 years, that 5 years ago, the same thing. And things are there now. And you won’t be able to drive people by the nose for a long time. So I personally am already tired of groundhog day. I want real things for the benefit of the people.
  9. +1
    25 July 2011 17: 54
    Not so long ago, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, President Dmitry Medvedev, uttered a phrase that has practically become a catch: “You don’t need to buy junk. --- HERE THROWED up t I will give my mask and already in the open decided to destroy our military industrial complex and the country.
    1. Superduck
      0
      25 July 2011 18: 17
      And if he talked about junk?
    2. His
      0
      25 July 2011 22: 37
      He also once said that Russia is a young country, she is 20 years old
  10. 0
    25 July 2011 18: 24
    Superduck, - yes, but notice ALL of ours is junk and at inflated prices. import is entirely new, high-tech and cheap. it’s not funny at all.?
    1. Superduck
      0
      25 July 2011 18: 44
      Ну daturHe didn’t say so directly, but everyone heard what he wanted. On the other hand, I believe that a leader of this level can throw words in a bathhouse with girls, and any official presentation should always be interpreted absolutely absolutely unambiguously.
      And on this subject, I wouldn’t get out into the public at all, how much noise has been made, and if this noise comes from the president, it means that they are either stupid or public opinion is getting ready for something. To what?
  11. 0
    25 July 2011 18: 56
    Superduck, and why the whole history of RUSSIA tried to bring our external and internal, friends ,, ??? especially sincerely Madeleine ol bright said this straightforwardly and honestly, by the way, and by the way, Candolina Rise quacked her word.
    1. Superduck
      0
      25 July 2011 18: 59
      Oh, right, I think that the question is smaller, more likely in money.
  12. atheist
    0
    25 July 2011 19: 09
    I vote for the Liberal Democratic Party, the Communist Party of the past, edros, nothing good (for me personally, and let the family go), cf it’s not clear what, we need to give a chance to the Liberal Democratic Party, and the president, well, really, we will have a real choice for whom to vote
    1. svvaulsh
      +1
      25 July 2011 21: 27
      Voting for the Liberal Democratic Party, in fact you vote for the EP, as the voices are sprayed. One example, in recent local elections, EP won with 40% of the vote. KPRF -28, LDPR -23, SR-7. In fact, EP is the winner, but in fact, fewer voters voted for it than for the rest. Here's a spray of votes in action.
      1. Eric
        +1
        25 July 2011 21: 36
        We also take into account the driven sheep and frightened people! And EP in the ass! Damn the guys need to be introduced to the Inquisition at the political level so that the scum that left with folk money died the most terrible death! Even abroad!
        1. svvaulsh
          +1
          25 July 2011 22: 02
          Once, Prokhanov, in one of his speeches, said that it was necessary in Russia to shoot 10-15 thousand traitors of corrupt officials and marginals and that the mustache would be in order. Then I considered him abnormal ............, maybe he is right? ...........
          1. Marat
            +2
            25 July 2011 22: 33
            The more we delve into "oligarchic capitalism" and the more I see "democrats" "liberals" "nationalists" "patriots" - the more suspicion that Stalin could have any grounds for repression ...
          2. His
            0
            25 July 2011 22: 39
            One has already started shooting in Norway. This is not an option. As always, the innocent will suffer
      2. Marat
        -2
        25 July 2011 22: 36
        Absolutely right! It is necessary for everyone to vote for the Communist Party and not to disperse votes. All the same, Putin will pass - but he will have to stay more right and move away from the liberals
        1. atheist
          0
          25 July 2011 22: 46
          and let's vote for the ATP, they also criticize ep, or for someone else !!
          1. His
            0
            25 July 2011 22: 49
            For them once, the party of oligarchs
  13. atheist
    +2
    25 July 2011 21: 53
    and in some regions some parties generally scored 0 votes, it turns out that even the party members themselves did not vote for their party, nonsense

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