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 Shukan Gendai magazine.
he says, that some countries, including Russian, purchase engines and other components made in Japan as civilian products, to install them on your combat drones. For example, Khidani refers to the Ukrainian portal InformNapalm, which tells about the investigation of volunteers from Ukraine. That's where, what is called, legs grow…
They allegedly carefully examined the victim of an accident in the Donbass in 2016 Russian reconnaissance UAV "Orlan-10". Volunteers identified, which of all drone components, they claim, in the Russian Federation, only the fuselage and the radio receiver were created. Everything else was imported., and the details were of the most diverse origin. And the engine of the FG-40 was made in Japan.
4-stroke unit FG-40, 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 models of aircraft. It is supplied to 24 state, including to Russia. But among the clients of the company there is no Russian company "Center for Special Technologies", producing military drones "Orlan-10".
Hidan is worried about this.. After all, obtained, what manufacturers of dual-use products from Japan do not know, Which end user will it get to?. And one day it might be, what, eg, 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 conjectures of the Ukrainian so-called volunteers.
used photos:Defense Ministry
