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U.S. drones are too expensive for Ukraine to deploy at scale (www.wsj.com)
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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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[โ€“] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FPVs are the ones they've started using to drop chemical grenades, no?

[โ€“] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I couldn't tell you, I haven't really kept up too much with the events of the conflict.