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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Can I get a $15k drone that removes the T-90 from around the corner?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Best I can do is a Predator for $3mil.