3 ms·
The reality is that Ukraine is producing 300,000+ drones per month, so the ratio is closer to 10,000:1 cheap drones to Switchblades. No Western military is pre
by closewith 2y ago
The reality is that Ukraine is producing 300,000+ drones per month, so the ratio is closer to 10,000:1 cheap drones to Switchblades.
No Western military is prepared for a ground war with hundreds of thousands of drone attacks per day, which is what near peer would mean now.
- throwaway2037 2y agoI think you make some excellent points here. Small nitpick: According to the Ukrainian gov't, they can currently produce half that amount: 150k per month. That is still an incredible number. Ref: https://kyivindependent.com/deputy-minister-ukraine-can-produce-150-000-drones-per-month/ https://kyivindependent.com/deputy-minister-ukraine-can-prod... I do think this war must be making any sufficiently advanced military rethink their ground game to include a lot of cheap FPV drones with attached explosives.
- closewith 2y agoWhile 150,000 per month was true in March, now Ukraine claims 4 MM per year, or ~333,000 per month. https://thedefensepost.com/2024/10/03/ukraine-produce-million-drones-2/amp/ https://thedefensepost.com/2024/10/03/ukraine-produce-millio...