In the past few weeks, there has been a wave of reports in the media about the punishment of defense generals. Here and there the names of people we have never heard of are “shining”. Well, of course! Three Yak-130s arrived late in the army. What? As many as three ?! How many have you released before? And now there are three. But still they entered service. And last year, the Russian army did not receive three nuclear submarines at all, a project 20380 corvette, six aircraft, 76 BMP-3s did not happen, and five spacecraft were lost somewhere. As a result, the state defense order in 2010 was disrupted by almost 30%. Deputy Prime Minister S. Ivanov reports to the President on punishments and dismissals.
One of the great designers of the defense plant talks about the visits of S. Ivanov himself to their plant. S. Ivanov was there 2 times. Something was logged. But there were no protocols left, and all the questions that were raised remained unresolved. There was only a picture on the TV. And now a picture of the punishments. Analysts are right - no decisions about layoffs will affect the situation. There is a pure imitation of resolving issues. What is wrong and where?
Here are the words of one of the forum participants on the Internet, Oleg Lunin:
The Russian Defense Industrial Complex is quite voluminous and represents an extensive network of almost 1200 manufacturing enterprises and design bureaus. Moreover, the geography of their location is very extensive. One of the main features of all these enterprises is that people are still working there for the idea. But I want to eat. Therefore, many defense industry enterprises are looking for foreign customers. The state doesn't seem to mind. However, according to that very big designer, there are a lot of questions. Their enterprise received $ 600 million from a foreign company on account of future orders. High-precision machine tools were brought in for $ 100 million. And then officials ask questions about the rest of the money. Moreover, the state itself did not allocate money for the modernization of this plant. Guess at once why officials are interested in the rest of the money.
For the modernization of enterprises, the machine park of which is worn out by almost 80%, the chairman of the government proposes to increase the profitability of defense industry enterprises to 15%. But here a dilemma arises. Over the past 5 years, government spending on defense orders has grown significantly. At the same time, they do not allow to raise prices much - they include the antimonopoly committee. Those. the allocated amounts have increased, while the prices have remained practically at the old level. Where does the difference go? That's right - it goes along the chain. As a result, defense industry enterprises operate with a profitability of 2-3%. What kind of modernization can we talk about under these conditions? On the other hand, almost all defense industry enterprises are engaged in international contracts. Yes, there is a lot of money. But for some reason this money does not reach modernization projects. Former (until 2000) Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces, Deputy Head of the RSPP Commission on the Defense Industrial Complex, retired Colonel-General Anatoly SITNOV, in an interview with Arguments of the Week, announced the approximate number of kickbacks to officials - 23 trillion rubles! The chief military prosecutor agrees that every fifth ruble from the state defense order disappears into the pockets of officials. And the market, inquisitive mind has developed such a remuneration scheme at state enterprises that 70% of income is a bonus. And bosses give it based on the personal contribution of each employee. Guess who contributes the most? The prize is given once every six months, and in these six months a person suffers SUCH humiliation that serfs never dreamed of. And then it turns out that from the amount that is given out, you still need to give cash to the boss (so as not to spoil the statistics). As a result, for example, the Novosibirsk defense industry (NPO Luch and NPO Sibselmash) are preparing to cut the number of jobs, which could lead to strikes. In the same Novosibirsk, at the plant where the excellent Su-34 aircraft is produced, qualified engineers, technicians, technologists receive wages 2-3-4 times less than at other plants.
Here another question also arises: Polytechnic education in our country has become very much simpler. The management of the MAI, for example, gave up on training engine engineers for the defense industry, citing the fact that most of the best graduates go to America, to Israel. All the rest receive a diploma only because of the prestigious brand. Those. for whom to keep the educational bar high. It turns out now that there is no need to expect an influx of good specialists into the defense industry. The vocational school system was practically buried. And who of the youth will go into the unknown. Everyone wants easy money and immediately.
And people on the Internet say:. It's that simple! We'll bury the defense, but we'll keep the airplane. It becomes a shame for such our people. After all, always in our history, and not only ours, the defense industry has been the locomotive of progress. It was in the defense industry that the most daring decisions were developed. It was in the defense industry that the minds of great scientists were polished.
It is in the defense industry that there are a lot of really high-quality jobs. The country's leadership understands the importance of the defense industry for the country. It is no coincidence that both the president and the prime minister have recently said a lot about improving the state defense order. However, without systemic measures of influence in the direction of modernizing the defense industry, the situation cannot be corrected. You just need to remember the history. How could the staff of the chief of armaments of the Ministry of Defense and his specialists be reduced and entrust the armament of the army to a woman? I would like to believe that this problem will also be resolved.
