Comments by "Reecom98" (@reecom9884) on "Ukrainian marines show how air drones spot enemy targets" video.

  1. The big difference between the Ukrainian drones and the Russian drones is Russian corruption. “Corruption and a pervasive culture of kleptocracy means that corners are cut and money that is supposed to be spent on hardware vanishes into thin air. The Orlan-10 [drone] procurement process was no exception, and in a major scandal a large amount of cash for electronic components disappeared without a trace…“There is no question at all that someone stole 446 million rubles,” according to an investigation published in 2021...One of the effects of these problems was that the cost of the Orlan-10 soared from something like $80,000 per vehicle to over $300,000, making them much less expendable. Another effect was that military-grade electronics supposed to have been built in Russia were apparently replaced by cheap commercial components from the Far East… “ 25 May 2022 Forbes.
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