Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Although Russian manufacturers have thousands of drones in stock, they are not being sent to the front, where Ukraine reportedly has at least a 10 to 1 advantage in UAV numbers. The greed of powerful Russian manufacturers and a lack of focus on winning is blamed. ⬇️

2/ The Russian military volunteer and technologist Roman Alekhine notes that Ukraine's Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, recently announced the allocation of $580 million for the purchase of UAVs for Ukraine's Armed Forces, with 1 million drones already ordered from 500 companies.

3/ Meanwhile, Alekhine says, "the numerical superiority of attack drones in Ukraine feels like 1 to ... it's hard to say, but the number is double-digit."

4/ "And they were able to achieve this superiority because they want to win, not to make money on absolutely everything. Yes, corruption and theft are rampant there, but they understand that not all defence budgets can be trimmed.

5/ "Look, according to Shmygal, 500 Ukrainian companies produce drones and contracts are signed with them. At the same time, I saw the scheme for organizing the work - there is not only network management, but also development.

6/ "And what about us? We have contracts, [but] as before the Special Military Operation, they took their own, and nothing has changed, although there is enough evidence that this model did not work and does not work now. Flexible control systems are needed.

7/ "At the same time, I was at the Army 2024 [exhibition] and saw many developers and manufacturers of drones, with interesting technologies. And each of them had from a thousand to five thousand ready-made FPV strike drones in stock at the moment.

8/ "In stock, not in the Kursk direction... And for that direction, I am looking for money for drones and have already transferred about 200 FPVs with friends.

9/ "Here is the difference in the management model. And we will not catch up with them, neither in quantity, nor in quality, nor in the economy [of production], if we do not change the model and priorities and do not move away from the model where giving a contract to our own...

10/ ... is more important than even winning. Priorities need to be changed and personal responsibility of officials must be introduced in order to win and somehow reduce the cost of victory." /end

Source:
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