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Drones from American startups have been deemed glitchy and expensive, prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China (archive.ph)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Some executives in a defense contractor have made a killing on those glitchy drones.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

They've been buying Chinese and Australian drones the entire fucking time

[–] Arelin 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
  1. Buy drones from China; China gets richer
  2. China-Russia integration makes Russia stronger
  3. Need more drones
  4. See step 1
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Why don't americans just make better drones if it's so important?

Oh yeah, 🤑

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lol just like their piece of shit car manufacturers and Boeing, American companies can't make anything with good quality control.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

LMAO

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry about them, they can now sell them to Israel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

American ones suck though, where else would they get them lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

michael-laugh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Just think how much shareholder value is being created with the war in Ukraine.

Still think war is bad? /S