벨라루스의 방산 산업이 러시아에 거의 통합되는 것 같습니다. 루카셴코 대통령이 푸틴과 17일 회담을 가진 후 벨라루스가 Su-25 공격기를 생산할 준비가 됐다고 발표했다고 합니다.
벨라루스는 현재 Su-25를 67대 운용중입니다.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/02/21/belarus-to-make-su-25-attack-aircraft-as-russia-eyes-industry-takeover/
Belarus to make Su-25 attack aircraft as Russia eyes industry takeover
By Jaroslaw Adamowski Feb 22, 02:23 AM
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Two Russian Sukhoi Su-25 warplanes at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, on Dec. 16, 2015. (Paul Gypteau/AFP via Getty Images)
WARSAW, Poland — In another sign of tightening defense ties between Belarus and Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced his country’s defense industry is ready to kick off the manufacturing of Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft.
Some analysts suggest the move could be related to Moscow’s plan to streamline Minsk’s defense industry capacities towards its war against Ukraine.
The authoritarian leader made the announcement during a Feb. 17 meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow’s Novo-Ogaryovo suburb.
“As I was informed by the [Belarusian] government, they are ready to start producing the Su-25 aircraft which has proven itself well in Ukraine as an attack aircraft, a workhorse,” Lukashenko said, as quoted in a statement released by his office. “They are ready to produce it even in Belarus with a small amount of appropriate technological support from the Russian Federation.”
Belarus’s involvement in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has pushed Minsk towards an even closer military cooperation with Moscow. Among others, Belarus has received S-400 air defense systems and Iskander missile systems from Russia. Last August, Lukashenko also announced that Moscow upgraded his nation’s Su-25s to enable them to carry tactical atomic weapons. Industry publications estimate the Belarusian military operate 67 Su-25 jets which makes the fighter the most prevalent combat aircraft in its fleet.
The dictator also said that, since the war began, cooperation has been established between numerous Russian and Belarusian “enterprises that previously considered each other competitors,” including truck makers KAMAZ and Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ).
Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War, a US think tank, said in a recent analysis the “Kremlin will likely subsume elements of Belarus’ defense industrial base (DIB) as part of Moscow’s larger effort to reequip the Russian military to support a protracted war against Ukraine.”
Russia “may commandeer Belarusian factories and retool them to produce critical materiel that the Russian military needs,” according to the analysis.
Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.
첫댓글 생산했다치고 일부는 러시아에 넘기는 수순일까요?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War
이 문서에 따르면 Su-25의 손실량이 20기에 달한다 하니 손실보충용 기체를 생산하려는 게 아닌가 합니다. 어쩌면 벌써 벨라루스군 기체가 넘어갔을 수도 있겠네요.
구소련 시절에는 주로 그루지아의 트빌리시에서 만들던 것인데 그루지아에서의 생산은 2010년, 러시아에서는 2017년에 생산이 끝났다고 하네요.
https://aviationvoice.com/russia-has-stopped-production-of-su-25-201702201346/
A-10은 1984년에 종료됐던데 꽤 최근까지 생산됐었네요.