Germany and Ukraine will jointly produce long range drones that can fly 1,500 km.
Ukraine needs reach to hit launch sites and logistics deep behind Russian lines.
Germany wants Ukraine’s battlefield feedback loop built into production — Kyiv Post. 1/
Boris Pistorius came to Kyiv quietly for a reason.
Weapons cooperation is no longer about just deliveries. Now Ukraine is building joint manufacturing capacity. 2/
The project spans two layers.
Short range systems under 100 km for the front, and deep strike platforms up to 1,500 km. 3/
Long range drones change the air defense problem.
Saturation forces Russia to spend expensive interceptors on cheap targets, then exposes gaps. 4/
Germany is also moving to learn.
Pistorius named Ukraine’s DELTA combat management system and operational experience. 5/
Berlin also plans to join Brave1, Ukraine’s military innovation platform.
That means prototypes get tested in combat conditions, then scaled through industry. 6X
Source: kyivpost.com/post/75880
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