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In Militarizing Push, Russian School Children To Build Drones (www.rferl.org)
submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Russia will soon teach high school students how to build and fly drones, which have become a key weapon in the war between Moscow and Kyiv.

“Right now, there’s a huge demand from both the state and society for unmanned aerial systems,” said Mikhail Lutskiy, head of educational projects at Geoscan Group, the leading drone manufacturer in Russia.

Russia last year launched a nationwide project called Unmanned Aerial Systems to promote both the domestic production of drones and preparation of drone pilots and other specialists starting with high school students.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago)

Oh noooo!!! Scary Russians!!! jfc.

The indoctrination system in USA is completely controlled by the MIC. Almost all of the R&D is funded for violence. This starts way before college. Probably every kid will be working for the military at some point. Drones are just the tip of the iceberg:

Zero surprise that OP is overt imperial propaganda.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Kidnap Ukrainian's children and put them into sweatshops building drones to kill their families, real class act this civilization

[–] ChidiAnagonye@infosec.pub 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Careful, if you start teaching too much, some bored kid is gonna attach some "fireworks" and fly it into the Kremlin. 😏

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Unfortunately that's useless, the people needing to be hit are all kinda distributed over all of Russia, and the punishment is severe.

But teaching children to build tools for modern war is an absolute positive. Possessing an AK is no good for a revolution today anyway, while with small drones you can do a lot.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Positively dystopian.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 minutes ago

Positively american.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

Radio Free Europe is literally US propaganda. This is like thinking the National Enquirer is "News You Can Trust"

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 36 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Russia will soon teach high school students how to build and fly drones, which have become a key weapon in the war between Moscow and Kyiv.

Russia last year launched a nationwide project called Unmanned Aerial Systems to promote both the domestic production of drones and preparation of drone pilots and other specialists starting with high school students.

Seems to remind me of Hitler Youth for some reason... 🤷‍♂️

🤡 🖕 💩

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 minutes ago

Gotta wake up to the reality that USA is doing the exact same thing.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Thats what soviets did too. There were classes for gun assembly and shooting practice and its not a new thing.

I don't think military skill prep is a bad thing for small countries but coming from current ruzi administration is certainly is a bit on the nose. As in "training kids to terrorize country they invaded with semi-autonomous remote weapons" just doesn't ring the same as "military prep in case of invasion"

[–] ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are we forgetting that the US has JROTC in schools? Literally training kids for the military...

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 minutes ago

Yes and they literally have a drone competition. It's the exact same thing as russia.

https://www.ncatech.org/faa_events/2024-national-jrotc-all-service-aerial-drone-championship/

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Teaching kids war is good in any case. Teaching kids that war is good is bad.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah tbh I agree with you. These lessons should be left for adults no matter how you look at this issue.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gave me brave brew world vibes since they are essentially raising them up to be the foot soldier class. It would be even easier to draft them

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

Child soldiers are not Brave New World. More like shit old world.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Reminds me of this trailer I came across the other day.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Links to Radio Free Europe articles get posted way too often on Lemmy. It's just RT for the US government.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It really is not cause nothing is as blatant as ruzi media

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 minutes ago

It only looks that way from inside the imperial bubble.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Propaganda is propaganda.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

All bad things are equally bad?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago)

Yes, most people think that lies in service to violent control is bad.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Surely there are better sources of information than the Donald Trump administration's state media. Unless they think DOGE installed sycophants everywhere but there.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social -2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

When American kids enter the fight expect the coolest under fire mother fucking soldiers you ever seen

An entire generation of kids raised in a war zone of school shootings

They’re already trained

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What a tasteless take.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 4 points 11 hours ago

It’s bitter, not tasteless.

[–] romantired@shibanu.app 1 points 11 hours ago

lmao yeah)