Some Western countries claim that Russia has run out of precision-guided weapons. Is this true?

The depletion of Russia’s missile arsenal is impossible. During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Russian Navy's 11356R frigates used "Caliber" cruise missiles many times and achieved considerable success. Currently, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has three 11356R frigates equipped with "Caliber" cruise missiles, six "Kilo" class conventional submarines and 21631 "Thug-M" can carry "Caliber" cruise missiles. Therefore, with the flagship "Moscow" "With the loss of the Black Sea Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet has not lost any land-based strike capabilities.

Of course, with the collapse of the Russian economy in recent years, the military budget has been reduced year by year, and the funds for purchasing weapons have not increased. This, combined with The economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia have made it difficult to obtain many electronic components needed by the Russian military industry from regular channels. Therefore, when Russia failed to use a large number of precision-guided weapons at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war, people speculated about Russia's weapons. Missile production has become unsustainable.

The general public's understanding of precision-guided weapons may have begun in the Gulf War in 1991. During the Gulf War, the U.S. military conducted a large number of new precision-guided weapons. For example, at the beginning of the war, the US military launched a large number of Tomahawk cruise missiles from the battleships USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin in the Persian Gulf, directly destroying various strategic targets in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. . The helicopter crossed the Iraq-Saharan border through an ultra-low-altitude penetration route and used Hellfire anti-tank missiles to completely destroy two large radar stations on the Iraqi-Saharan border, opening a safe passage for multinational force air personnel.

During the entire Gulf War, the US military only used about 10 munitions, but destroyed 40 targets, changing the global view of the war. Russian forces also frequently used Iskander M short-range surface-to-surface missiles and cards in Ukraine. Lib cruise missiles, and even Knife-type hypersonic missiles were used. All these precision-guided weapons performed well and proved that the performance of Russian precision-guided weapons is not much different from that of Western countries.