> the technological expertise Russia has always had
...used to have. For several reasons they're lagging behind now and the war isn't helping.
...used to have. For several reasons they're lagging behind now and the war isn't helping.
They are idiots for allowing the tech to be produced overseas. It's the only true bargaining chip they have aside from their strategic location.
The vast majority of their country is a frozen wasteland, and they desperately needed Crimea to have a decent warm water naval base. They have decent mineral resources and have shared borders with several important countries, but that is about all that is strategic about their geographical location.
so-so. they dropped behind everybody last time i checked. also amount of various failures rising
>the full stack of aircraft
military - maybe. for some values of "military". civilian - made from foreign parts. those that are sourced from russian parts they still can't produce them
I don't want to start a flamewar or hair-splitting over this issue, but somehow, especially after the Bucha massacre, including the adjective “civilizational” in the context of Russia somehow doesn't feel right. Just “milestone technologies” sounds more apt.
> Ironically, India and Russia had at first planned to jointly design and launch Chandrayaan-2, after the historic discovery of water by ISRO’s first lunar probe in 2011. Differences arose between their space agencies over the configuration of Chandrayaan-2. While ISRO was keen on a lander and rover, its Russian counterpart felt a lander would suffice, according to Dr. Annadurai.
> The upshot: ISRO reconfigured the spacecraft and hoisted it as its first probe to Mars (Mars Orbiter Mission or MOM) in November 2013, while its Russian counterpart teamed up with the Chinese space agency for a voyage to the Moon. The Russian lander, however, was lost during a midcourse correction, he added.
- https://www.rt.com/india/581733-india-lands-on-the-moon/
They are lagging behind because the breakup of the USSR, and their subsequent experiment with "capitalism" really damaged their economy and local industries. That disruption, stagnation, and even shutdown of many local industries lead to the loss of IP, scientific manpower and neglect of R&D for sometime. It is only in the last decade or two now that some economic stability has returned to Russia and it started focusing on R&D again.
It is however difficult to say if they can catch up. When India once setup their own foundry to build and produce chips, they were at one point equivalent to the Taiwanese in chip process node. But they shut it down after a fire. Now more than 2+ decades later, even if India setups another fab, who knows how many decades it would take India to catch up with Taiwan.
I'd say it's definitely worth trying anyway. Maybe even more than the space program.