Comment by fennecfoxy

3 months ago

Oh yes for sure - but most of the domestic production is still "plugging drone bits from China together".

I think they're definitely working on more autonomy etc but I think it kind of proves that even the current ones are actually pretty effective. A well designed drone with AI/autonomous capabilities is terrifying. People could point to switch-blade but the cost per unit for the functionality you get is just absolutely insane.

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TiredOfLife  3 months ago

> "plugging drone bits from China together".

China has more or less stopped selling those bits to Ukraine

  • robocat  3 months ago

    Reference?

    And is China restricting sales of drone motors to the US? As part of the rare earth trade embargoes?

    • red-iron-pine  3 months ago

      I think you mean "EU" since plenty of drone parts can be made there, and are, and are shipped to the Ukrainians directly