“How will the Russians build more of their weapons if they can’t smuggle in the US based chips their systems depend on?”
They’ll get around to building more weapons AFTER the war is over, and only if they need to.
Actually, Bob, Russia has been building weapons throughout the war.
“Russia still continues to produce cruise missiles, despite anti-Russian sanctions, The New York Times newspaper writes.
According to her, some of the X-101 cruise missiles that were used to attack Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in November were produced no later than October 2022, despite Western sanctions, including against electronic components. As the publication suggests, this indicates that the Russian Federation has found channels to purchase semiconductors bypassing anti-Russian restrictions.”