Today’s post will be focused on technology. To begin with, a look at Russia’s new jet-powered Geran/Shahed drone. The history of the Iranian and Russian development of this model, and its price, top speed, and payload.
Next, the Ukrainian response - interceptor drones. We’ll examine the latest evaluation from Ukrainian military analysts on the limitations of this approach, a problem even the trans-atlantic partners gave up on solving.
Then, we’ll move onto Ukraine’s own drone industrial complex. One Ukrainian frontline military analyst bemoans the tendency to ridicule Russian techniques - he writes that the Ukrainians ought to take onboard the Russian approach of crawling about the frontline with a cart attached. According to him, it’s one of the only ways left to transport goods without being detected by drones.
Another complains about defective fiber optic drones supplied by private Ukrainian companies. I remind the reader that western-sponsored Ukrainian media claims that Zelensky’s inner circle has been making millions off corruption in the drone sector.
Our next Ukrainian drone expert has been saddened by the recent decision to cease investing in robotized weapons systems. Goodbye wall-e, hello infantry assaults.
But fear not - Ukrainian social media page ‘the Last Capitalist’ has triumphantly announced that it has reverse-engineered one of Russia’s cheapest and most-used drones, the Molniya (lightning) drone.
And finally, across the oceans, the First Capitalists have also tried their hand at drone production. But Ukrainian drone connoisseurs have nothing but ridicule for the latest drones that Palmer Lucky’s Anduril has supplied to the Taiwanese government. Become a paid subscriber to find out why.
