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Drones from American startups have been deemed glitchy and expensive, prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China (archive.ph)
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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago

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

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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
[–] sepulcher@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

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

Oh yeah, 🤑

[–] filister@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

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

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

michael-laugh

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

LMAO

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 months ago

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

Still think war is bad? /S