Satellitenbilder zeigen den Schaden an der Mikroelektronikfabrik „Silicon El“ in der Stadt Brjansk, nachdem sie gestern von sieben ukrainischen Sturmschatten-Marschflugkörpern getroffen wurde

Simply amazed by how quick the public can get new satellite imagery.

Those places need to be ultra clean to make their stuff. Looks like it’ll be out of action for some time hopefully.

This is good for multiple reasons.

Getting replacement machinery to produce semiconductors and microchips is no easy task given the conditions the Russian state currently finds itself in. On top of that, a replacement workforce needs to be trained, which takes time and money, and that’s assuming they can even be trained on destroyed machinery or from manuals alone. Then there are the dead workers themselves, meaning replacements need to be sourced, brought in, and integrated, all of which is expensive and slow.

The obvious part: the building is gone, and a new sterile facility needs to be constructed from scratch, expensive, and it will take a while. Meanwhile, with production down, existing stocks will gradually be depleted (assuming they weren’t stored at the facility and destroyed along with it), forcing them to be more selective about what they target.

If production can’t be rebuilt, buyers will need to find alternative suppliers who may not match the same quality, and that’s assuming those suppliers even produce the same microchip or semiconductor, which they might not. And to top it all off, any rebuilt facility would need to be placed out of Ukrainian range, beyond 3,000 km and across the Ural mountains, which on its own is a logistical and financial nightmare.

I forsee Putin ordering more schools and playgrounds to be targeted. This is a massive loss for Russia.

That is all of the fucked. No new parts coming from there…

All our love from the UK.

More gifts coming soon.

Pretty comprehensive damage, did the workforce get hit too?