Russia cannot increase weapons as quickly as before due to the sanctions of the West. This was stated by the President of the United States Joe Biden, writes Voice of America.
He emphasized that thanks to the efforts of his administration to increase the production of semiconductors in the United States, they had fruit. Including, in the issue of supporting Ukraine.
“We had problems with the supply of Javelin missiles to Ukraine, because Lockheed Martin (Military -Industrial Corporation – Ed.) did not have chips, computer chips. To help defend ourselves in this brutal and unprovided Putin war, we sent it to this Javelin complexes guys, ”said Joe Biden.
The American leader noted that Russia has already encountered problems in supplying its armed forces, and one of the reasons for this is that the United States managed to create difficulties with obtaining what they need “to build up their weapons. This was influenced by the sanctions and the inability to get foreign components for weapons, including chips and other parts.