cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14307737

Drones from American startups have been deemed glitchy and expensive, prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Isn’t China best buds with Russia?

      Not really. More of an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” situation.

      But Ukraine isn’t an enemy of China - and from the beginning China has carefully walked thin line of refusing to support Russia while also refusing to publicly acknowledge that Russia is doing anything wrong. They’ve repeatedly offered to be involved in peace talks… but that’s not really possible as long as Russia’s idea of “peace” is more like “total surrender”.

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    Can’t get the site to load, but I gather they’re talking about the Skydio X10 drone?

    That doesn’t seem like the type of drone you’d want on an active battlefield. A war drone should be like an AK47. Simple reliable and cheap.

    You don’t need a $15,000 drone to tell you there’s a T-90 tank waiting for you around the next corner. Some of the simple drones Ukraine has are just a circuit board with four propellers a battery and a cheap phone camera directly attached to the board. When (not if) it’s shot down, grab another one.