I'm probably just slow but I hadn't thought about this before. I wonder if Ukraine could actually become an exporter of weapons in the future given current investment in local industry out of necessity, battle testing and rapid innovation.
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024
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There's definitely going to be a market for it.
Ukraine had lots of military industry after the fall of the Soviet union. From ships to missiles to helicopters to big ass planes.
It's just that they pissed most of it away.
Uneducated here, how?
Corruption. The common trope is that vultures feasted on the corpse of the Soviet Union.
I think their nickname used to be "the fist of the USSR", because that's where most of their military-industrial complex was actually located.
Their drones are definitely attracting attention for their innovations and effectiveness. So many different weapons manufacturers are participating in the war. I hope Ukraine can take advantage and create their own industry, born of their reputation of defense.
They sure could. But I think they still have a pretty big corruption problem that they would have to deal with first to be able to properly seize that opportunity. But I hope I'm wrong.
You can be corrupt and still have thriving industry and even innovate.
Corruption is a scale, so it's fair to say all countries are corrupt. The main impact is on people without a direct line with politicians, which means CEOs get to benefit the most - after politicians of course.
Drone missile?
Isn't that what guided missiles... Do?
Guided missiles are usually guided by laser or gps, this missile sounds like it's more of a fly by wire remote control situation, like a fpv drone.
Dang yo, flying a drone at 90mph is wicked hard, flying a missile the same way at mach speeds is insane.
So basically, instead of the programming to direct the missile to the programmed target (gps location, laser, intertidal, ballistic, whatever) the operator has direct input to the missile. Meaning they could fire it, have it fly around a mountain and hit the enemy position from behind
Most fancy missiles do that already. You could teach it the map of the area and tell it to follow a river bed for such and such time then head to target, for example.