A century-old institute that used to focus on criminal cases is studying Russia’s weapons, and where parts are coming from
Oleksandr gently manoeuvred a piece of circuit board under the microscope, watching as the intricate network of chips and tiny wires was rendered in large on an adjacent screen.
Oleksandr, a ballistics specialist who has a background in anti-aircraft defence in the Ukrainian army, spends his days at the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise picking apart the remains of Russian missiles, looking for information about how they work and how Moscow is adapting as its pre-war stockpiles of missiles dwindle.
In the institute’s courtyard there is a veritable museum of Russian missiles – more than 20 tonnes of various parts, including fragments of huge Kh-22 missiles, parts from the Kinzhal, a newly developed hypersonic missile, Iskanders, S-300s and other weapons used by Moscow against“A lot of the Russian missiles we knew about before, but many we are seeing for the first time in combat use, and we didn’t know what was inside them,” said Oleksandr.
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