In the Russian air defense systems found foreign components.

The sanctions imposed by the United States against manufacturers of Russian air defense systems can seriously affect the country's defense capability. This is primarily due to the presence of foreign electronic components in the same Pantsir-S complex, and this also applies to its newest modification - Pantsir-SM, which are subject to new sanctions from Washington.

Such conclusions were made by experts after the publication of the corresponding document in one of the Telegram-communities, according to which the manufacturer of the Pantsir-S air defense missile system carried out the production of these complexes using foreign-made electronic components (their origin was not disclosed - ed.) ... According to some reports, the relevant documents were posted on the public procurement website in 2015.

Moreover, the specialists were able to establish that in the newest version of the Pantsir-SM, foreign-made electronic components are used, including as part of hypersonic guided missiles (GZUR).

At the moment, the manufacturer of the ZRPK Pantsir-S has not yet commented on the imposition of sanctions by the United States, however, if Russian complexes do use components from Western production, this could have serious consequences for the production of these air defense / missile defense systems.