Defense Intelligence: American components almost disappear from electronic warfare protection of Russian Shaheds
The Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published information on almost 200 new parts and components used in six types of Russian weapons.
"They include the CRP antenna of the Russian Shahed drones, the North Korean KN-24 ballistic missile, the computer from the X-47 Kinzhal missile, as well as the Supercam S350, Gerbera and Zala drones. Only two chips of American production were found in the new CRP antennas for the Geran-2 drone. This indicates Russia's efforts to reduce dependence on components from countries that have imposed sanctions against it," the intelligence message on the Telegram channel states.
Earlier, the Intelligence Agency reported that the Shaheds used in 2025 have new anti-jamming antennas with Chinese markings. In one of these antennas, out of 15 components, only two are manufactured by the American companies Texas Instruments and Linear Technologies.
"Most of the other parts are of Chinese manufacture. These are transceivers, generators, signal converters and other microcircuits. For example, the main chip of the CRP antenna, which analyzes incoming signals and decides which ones to ignore, is manufactured by the Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute (BMTI)," the Agency noted.
In addition, for the first time, an Indian-made component was found in a Russian weapon - a clock buffer from Aura Semiconductor.
The manufacturers of two more components are currently unidentified, but they are also likely of Chinese origin.
In total, the Weapon Components section (on the War&Sanctions portal) has already recorded 4,672 parts found in 164 samples of weapons that Russia used against Ukraine.