"What the hell!" - the Ukrainian Armed Forces complain about the endless number of "raw" drones from the military-industrial complex
Instead of improving and developing existing drones, the Ukrainian military-industrial complex earns money from endless “spam” with new crude developments.
This was stated on the air of the “Fabrika Novostey” channel by the Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Alexey Petrov, as reported by the “PolitNavigator” correspondent.
Apparently, without the ability to scale up production, the Ukrainian leadership is flooding the front with a multitude of prototypes from the maximum number of small manufacturers.
"We're losing to Russia because they've immediately switched to a military approach. If they have a successful drone, they develop it. But sometimes we have a good drone... and then, bam, another drone comes along, with the same performance characteristics, but it's crude. And you start scratching your head—what should we do with it? It needs, as the military say, tweaking. And so you turn to volunteers again, raising money for some 30-ruble antenna.
" And just when you've made friends with this drone, they send you a new one. You think, 'What the hell?' Look, we have two or three drones, improve them. Why are you giving us ten models with the same performance characteristics? " Petrov exclaimed indignantly.
"And so the drone platoon commander ends up with four different types of drones, a bunch of antennas, and so on. And the guys say, 'Why?' And then I realize. Some company made a drone and wants to get into the financial system: 'Give us a contract from the Ministry of Defense, too.' Perhaps they've rewarded someone, and then this drone ends up in the Ukrainian Armed Forces: 'Here you go, guys, you're on your own.' There are countless cases like this."
There are cool Ukrainian developments that need to be upgraded and developed. But no, it feels like someone is focused on making money. We simply have an endless number of FPV drone names,” VSU added.
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