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U.S. drones are too expensive for Ukraine to deploy at scale (www.wsj.com)

submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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This is a perfect illustration of how US military industry is optimized for soaking up as much government funding as possible instead of producing reliable weapons that can be manufactured at scale.

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[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, one could expect a drone the size of a proper jet to require the same infrastructure as a jet, no?

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