Russia's more than 10,000 missiles exploded, the more Ukrainian industrial capabilities exploded, the stronger, the Russian testers found the reason for NATO's bottom line.
Unexpectedly, Russia's bombing did not defeat Ukraine's military industry, but instead gave birth to a "ghost factory" system that relied on NATO.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current Ukraine military industry is "hollow and powerful." It can make the number of truck guns assembled first in Europe and claims to be able to build millions of drones a year. However, these eye-catching data are all backed by external support-Ukraine has long become NATO's military industry."assembly workshop".
The war lacked its own basis for independent production, but forced an entirely new pattern of dependence.
The "ghost factory" operates very precisely, but it is also very fragile.These key core components are not made by Ukraine itself, such as the FPV drone navigation system comes from Germany, the gun formula is Czech, and Romania even built a new gun plant specifically for it.
What Ukraine does is to use these "plug and play" modules to complete the final assembly locally. This model is indeed highly resistant to strikes. The Antonov factory in Kiev was bombed and the drone production line reopened in Lithuania in just two weeks.
Russian missiles can blow up factories in Ukraine, but those “parts workshops” scattered across Europe are not at all touched.But this prosperity depends entirely on external blood transfusions, and once the supply is cut, the monthly production of 2,000 tons of ammunition in 2023 could be zero in three months.
As soon as Russia reacted and detonated this “ghost,” the tactics changed and began targeting its supply chain, which is also the real reason they frequently test the bottom line of NATO.
Russian warplanes and unmanned aircraft invaded the airspace of Poland, Romania and Estonia, which was not an arbitrary provocation, but a touch to the bottom line of NATO.
Just like in September this year, Russian MiG-31 fighter planes stayed in Estonian airspace for 12 minutes. NATO only sent F-35s to accompany them and lodged diplomatic protests, but didn't really do anything.
Russia understood clearly this: Although NATO calls for collective defense, it is actually particularly afraid of direct conflicts, and its attitude of "only daring to give weapons but not daring to end up" is very obvious.
This is equivalent to giving the Russians the feeling that even if they hit the logistics hub in Poland, the risk can be controlled.
Now this war has long not only fought on the battlefield, the core became the consumption war of the economy and the will. Russia has tied the national economy to the battle car, the military and industrial production value accounted for 38% of GDP, relying on the sales of oil revenue to China India, can produce 2 million cannons per month, a week can produce 12 T-90M tanks.
It relies on this centralized system of wartime, with the loose and delayed NATO aid system. tactics are simple and straightforward: with cheap drones and modified old-fashioned sliding bombs, to exchange for a million-dollar "Patriot" missile in Ukraine's hands, is to turn aid to Ukraine into a "no bottom hole" of the West.
As soon as Trump suspended aid in March this year, the shells on the Ukrainian front line immediately bottomed out, which has clearly exposed the fate of the "ghost factory".
Moreover, there is not one mind within NATO. The air defense system promised by Germany has not been put in place for a long time, and France has also cut artillery assistance. European military spending has increased, but 63% of purchase orders are given to the United States, and its own local production capacity simply cannot keep up.
Looking at it this way, Russia's tens of thousands of missiles were not in vain. They blew up the old war model, forced out the "ghost factory", and also pulled the core of the conflict from the scorched earth of Ukraine to NATO's decision-making room and budget table.
Unexpectedly, Russia's bombing did not defeat Ukraine's military industry, but instead gave birth to a "ghost factory" system that relied on NATO.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current Ukraine military industry is "hollow and powerful." It can make the number of truck guns assembled first in Europe and claims to be able to build millions of drones a year. However, these eye-catching data are all backed by external support-Ukraine has long become NATO's military industry."assembly workshop".
The war lacked its own basis for independent production, but forced an entirely new pattern of dependence.
The "ghost factory" operates very precisely, but it is also very fragile.These key core components are not made by Ukraine itself, such as the FPV drone navigation system comes from Germany, the gun formula is Czech, and Romania even built a new gun plant specifically for it.
What Ukraine does is to use these "plug and play" modules to complete the final assembly locally. This model is indeed highly resistant to strikes. The Antonov factory in Kiev was bombed and the drone production line reopened in Lithuania in just two weeks.
Russian missiles can blow up factories in Ukraine, but those “parts workshops” scattered across Europe are not at all touched.But this prosperity depends entirely on external blood transfusions, and once the supply is cut, the monthly production of 2,000 tons of ammunition in 2023 could be zero in three months.
As soon as Russia reacted and detonated this “ghost,” the tactics changed and began targeting its supply chain, which is also the real reason they frequently test the bottom line of NATO.
Russian warplanes and unmanned aircraft invaded the airspace of Poland, Romania and Estonia, which was not an arbitrary provocation, but a touch to the bottom line of NATO.
Just like in September this year, Russian MiG-31 fighter planes stayed in Estonian airspace for 12 minutes. NATO only sent F-35s to accompany them and lodged diplomatic protests, but didn't really do anything.
Russia understood clearly this: Although NATO calls for collective defense, it is actually particularly afraid of direct conflicts, and its attitude of "only daring to give weapons but not daring to end up" is very obvious.
This is equivalent to giving the Russians the feeling that even if they hit the logistics hub in Poland, the risk can be controlled.
Now this war has long not only fought on the battlefield, the core became the consumption war of the economy and the will. Russia has tied the national economy to the battle car, the military and industrial production value accounted for 38% of GDP, relying on the sales of oil revenue to China India, can produce 2 million cannons per month, a week can produce 12 T-90M tanks.
It relies on this centralized system of wartime, with the loose and delayed NATO aid system. tactics are simple and straightforward: with cheap drones and modified old-fashioned sliding bombs, to exchange for a million-dollar "Patriot" missile in Ukraine's hands, is to turn aid to Ukraine into a "no bottom hole" of the West.
As soon as Trump suspended aid in March this year, the shells on the Ukrainian front line immediately bottomed out, which has clearly exposed the fate of the "ghost factory".
Moreover, there is not one mind within NATO. The air defense system promised by Germany has not been put in place for a long time, and France has also cut artillery assistance. European military spending has increased, but 63% of purchase orders are given to the United States, and its own local production capacity simply cannot keep up.
Looking at it this way, Russia's tens of thousands of missiles were not in vain. They blew up the old war model, forced out the "ghost factory", and also pulled the core of the conflict from the scorched earth of Ukraine to NATO's decision-making room and budget table.