Reuters – Sept 19, 2024
- Russian military got 140,000 drones in 2023
- Production to increase ‘almost 10 times’ this year
- Putin says drones are developing fast
- Says drone defences also need to be developed
MOSCOW, Sept 19 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 million this year in a bid to ensure the Russian armed forces win in Ukraine.
Since Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022, the war has largely been a story of grinding artillery and drone strikes along a heavily fortified 1,000-km (620-mile) front involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
The conflict has been a crucible for drone development – and an illustration of the importance of drones to modern warfare, from terrorising infantry and collecting intelligence to sabotaging infrastructure and attacking arsenals.
“In total, about 140,000 unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were delivered to the armed forces in 2023,” Putin said. “This year, the production of drones is planned to increase significantly. Well, to be more precise, almost 10 times.”
“Whoever reacts faster to these demands on the battlefield wins,” Putin said at a meeting in St Petersburg about drone production.
Both Russia and Ukraine have bought drones abroad and ramped up their own production while drone videos have illustrated the horror of the battlefield, showing deadly strikes on infantry, artillery and tanks.
EYE IN THE SKY
Inexpensive first-person view (FPV) drones – originally developed for civilian racers – are controlled by pilots on the ground and often crash into targets, laden with explosives.
For just a few hundred dollars, soldiers on both sides can inflict vast damage on the other side. A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday.
Putin said that Russia was making almost weekly advances in drone technology and needed to also develop its drone defences, essentially technology which senses, confuses and then shoots down the attacking drones.
“The key task is to produce a wide range of aerial unmanned vehicles, to establish serial production as quickly as possible,” Putin said.
It really is just embarrassing for the the little imp (short hehe..for imperial midget)..
…presumably after the ammo dump explosion due to the Grift and corruption of the Russkie MOD criminals… and them pocketing the budget and digging a hole in the ground with a tin roof…
they are a bit low on chinese radio controlled toys to frag the so called ‘enemy’ (brother white slavs)… when of course the enemy are actually sat in the Gremlin… under zeligenskiy’s menorah..a gift from Lazaar*…
* Yes the alien area 51 lazaar was a jewe…in fact all the nexus lite UFO bullshitters were….
Russia has to fight against almost the whole world controlled by a small group of bankers and bloodlines. So, Russia has a small population, with a big land area. That is an advantage and also a disadvantage. A small population can mean a very good communication with everyone working in harmony, even the very young and very old, with these new technologies. Maybe Russia’s land area is more difficult to defend, but that also counts for the attackers. And they need to bring in their supplies from a big distance. At the same time, the Russians could decide to attack the actually very small group of bankers and bloodlines. Hiding deep underground doesn’t really help anymore. The world has become too small to hide with all the new technologies, if used smart.
Alois Irlmaiers predictions fulfilling in
east + west . no way to hinder it !
Putin said that Russia was making almost weekly advances in human technology and needed to also develop its human defences, essentially technology which senses, confuses and then shoots down the attacking humans.
“The key task is to produce a wide range of terrestrial de-manned vehicles, to establish serial production as quickly as possible,” Putin said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed he will not meet Anthony Blinken during this weekend’s United Nations General Assembly, saying they have nothing to talk about. Lavrov did say he will meet with others among the 130 attendees, saying they had more than Ukraine to discuss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ewDBgrHTSo
Neil Oliver reminded us Starmer had to ask America if we can let Ukraine use our Storm Shadow missiles because they need US input data to target and guide them. This doesn’t just further prove it is America opposing Russia in this war not Ukraine, NATO or the UK, it actually means not just our nuclear weapons but also a lot of our conventional weapons are not under UK but US control. If we need US input to use some conventional weapons–which they can always say no to just as Biden did here to Starmer–then we have no independent foreign policy at all and in no way can we call ourselves sovereign. We are Yankee, but without the benefit of a 51st star on Old Glory.