Russia would have two-thirds fewer jet-powered drones without China as Chinese supplies are crucial for Moscow's production, military expert says

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Russia would have two-thirds fewer jet-powered drones without China as Chinese supplies are crucial for Moscow's production, military expert says

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Europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 hours ago

Militär-Experte: „Russland hätte ohne China zwei Drittel weniger Jet-Drohnen“

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Russland kann nach ukrainischer Einschätzung monatlich rund 3.000 Jet-Drohnen einsetzen. Kyjiw entwickelt schnelle Abfangdrohnen, doch fehlende Triebwerke und Komponenten verzögern deren Serienproduktion.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11627044

[Original in German. This is a paraphrased automated translation with minimal edits.]

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According to Ukrainian military expert Walentyn Badrak, Chinese components are crucial for Russia’s production of jet-powered drones. Without supplies from China, Russia would have about two-thirds fewer of these aircraft available, Badrak said in an interview with Polskie Radio.

Such drones had repeatedly attacked targets and objects near the Polish border in recent weeks. Russia is mainly betting on the Gerań-5 type. Ukrainian intelligence estimates that Moscow can produce and deploy about 3,000 jet drones monthly.

Russia can produce at most about a third of the required engines itself, said Badrak. The comparatively cheap jet drives made the drones fast and harder to intercept. According to Ukrainian figures, more than half of the unmanned aircraft used by Russia now consists of jet-powered drones.

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