Ukraine, Israel buying Chinese civilian drones for combat use; shun US military-grade drones.
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2024
- Ukrainian and IDF forces strongly prefer Chinese drones to US-built drones, in their respective combat operations. This according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal since February of last year.
US-built drone weapons are less reliable, more easily jammed by Electronic Warfare efforts, and do not fly as far or with payloads as advertised. China drones are also far less costly.
The Chinese-built drones are commercial grade, and are purchased off-the-shelf by volunteers who then send them to either Ukraine or Israel, where they are repurposed for combat use. The main producer of these Chinese-built drones, DJI of Shenzhen, strongly opposes the use of their equipment in military applications.
The strong preference of allied countries for Chinese civilian drones over American military drones, and the stark differences in battlefield performance, do lead to very disturbing questions; namely, how much better still are Chinese military-grade drones? How were the Russians able to overwhelm the GPS signals in the US-made drones? If the US companies that build our drones admit publicly the enormous challenges they face, what concerns do they share only privately?
Resources and links:
WSJ, How American drones failed to turn the tide in Ukraine
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WSJ, Drones are giving Ukraine a wartime edge
www.wsj.com/articles/drones-a...
WSJ, Chinese, American--it doesn't matter. Israel wants inexpensive drones
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slowly, but surely......"made in China" is not a laughing matter anymore, especially in the high tech electronic industries!!
They make all quality goods. They have laughable commodities, they have high quality commodities. They always had, but West chose to run the propaganda on them like on Russia. Today, everyone looking online for information can see that Russia is not a junkyard and China is neither. You see, all lies come to surface sooner or later.
You are late in the game.
It was not a laughing matter in the first place. Chinese companies make different levels of quality based on customer requirements.
Actually China made LCD TV had been proven bulletproof some years ago in the US.
Many Chinese products are very very good. Their drones, telecommunications and many more others are the best and most affordable. Now, BeiDou (their GPS) are very very good and better than the US GPS.
If a chinese toy works better than US military grade drones, just imagine the capabilities of Chinese military ones equipped more advanced tech...
Something tells me that US forces will be in for a big surprise in a conflict against china
The US says: Chinese products sucks. It's cheap, unreliable, easily broken and not good.
China says: It's Ok. Believe what you want. We will just keep quiet. 😂😂😂
The west and their media labelled Chinese products as craps but they are actually the biggest buyers of Chinese products
That's nonsense.
Drone warfare requires cheap low cost, low tech drones.
Both 100 Million cost drone and 1000 dollar drone dies to 1 missile.
You could use thousands of low cost drones to overwhelm enemy positions or defences.
Higher cost drones become liability because 1 loss is too many.
@gangar99 cheap low cost is correct, low tech is incorrect.
They can produce cheap low cost with high tech products, look at Apple.
The higher tech drone you have means the better and more options you have on the battlefields.
I may have said before, but during Korean War, Chines PLA with 600k soldiers defeated and pushed back 2 million US + UN army in a matter of weeks.
Chinese army was only equipped with rifles, machine guns, mortars, and shovels.
They dug tunnels for safety and surprise attack, and also warmth during the winter.
US and UN army were equipped with tanks, heavy guns, air support, and all the high tech equipment, and lost.
They had numerical and technological superiority, but a lot of them froze to death.
Now, China has better weapons, hypersonic missiles, nukes, and fancy new jet fighters and destroyers and cyber war capabilities.
Not hard to guess who'd win.
Today’s China is not 30 years ago China.
Also electronic and cyber warfare capabilities cannot be underestimated
When top world powers in war, everybody lost. Nobody win.
Huawei feel the similar situation 5 years ago
North Korea is a land of mountains and hills separated by deep, narrow valleys. It is a battlefield that gives an enormous advantage to the locals that know the terrain well over any invaders. That's why Switserland has been able to keep it's independance against all their bigger better equiped warfaring empire building neighbours, France, Austria, Italy and Germany.
"Russians will never have this technology!" -Harry Truman, 1945. edit: DJI holds all the major (good ones) patents on drones, that's one of the reasons the US can't make them. It goes from blades on rotors, rotors, certain control systems etc. Being in "good relations with China" US can't hope China will ever allow DJI to sell the rights to use patents that the US needs. So in a nutshell, the US foreign policy put the US in a tough spot that they earned with the arrogance, lying and pissing off the whole world. Enjoy your rewards, there are more to come after Yellen threatened China yesterday.
Huawei and ZTE have 33+% of 6G patents, so the empire formed another group without China to set 6G standards.
Same as the case of Huawei, with all kinds of cutting edge communication technologies for civilians. Uncrackable robust communication base stations and terminals.
Chinese "GPS" are superior to USA's GPS system.
Soviet Union/Russia never lag in science and technology. Don't forget Sputnik. they had that before everybody else.
Chinese drones bought at toy store is better than our military ones. Wow!
Not exactly. Chinese make more different kinds and quality levesl of 'toy drones' aka 'Hobby drones' and thus have more brands and sizes ideal for converting into small scale military drones.
The USA does produce some brands of hobby drones but there aren't nearly as many kinds, builds, sizes, powers etc.
So, none of these are the military drones.
The USA does have military drones of mid and large size but not so much in cheap small ones (that we know of).
So yes, Chinese toy drones have more kinds than American toy drones.
Someone, please tell me that this is fake news.I Someone, please tell me that this is fake news. I don't.
Believe it. Just don't believe it.
@@topsuperseven7910 In that case then why doesn't the IDF buy drones from the US instead of China.
toy drones do not have the do not have tonnage to be effective in wars except for surveillance, but to be used as weapons, no.
@topsuperseven7910 The problem with the US is profit over purpose, not only is it affecting our military, its affecting every aspect of our government. bridges are falling down planes falling apart in flight, etc.
There's DJI drones that are the size of min go-karts used by farmers to fertilizes crops in China. It's amazing.
Ukraine, Israel buying Chinese civilian drones for combat use! The US manufacture junk drones. Even Chinese toy drones are better than US military grade drones! 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, but the markup/profit margin on the MIC drones are better. No problem, just go to your local politician and tell them to get you $10 or 20B for research and you can make ne as good as the BGI drone, not better, but maybe as good.
And the U.S. (that was kicked out of Vietnam and that ran away from Afghanistan) is gathering like-minded fools to go to the South China Sea to fight China? What a joke!
Speaking at the Kyiv International Economic Forum, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal disclosed that Ukraine effectively purchases 60% of DJI’s global output of Mavic quadcopter drones despite the vendor’s official prohibition on selling to militaries.
Sounds like a trade war that will end all trade wars is on the horizon.
A trade war that will end all trade wars.....
I stopped being pro American in 1990s...
This does not surprise me one bit
I stopped when they could not reveal Iraq's weapon of mass destruction
@@gphuang67Same as you. And I start being anti-America when Ukraine war starts. I'm Pro-Russian simply because I'm anti-American.
Anti - Jew because of the USA.
I was Pro US in the 1980s. In 1989 I studied basic Chinese language. This only triggered my curiosity of Chinese history and make me searched beyond Western media on past events of China.
Now I understand why US and UK, Australia closed all Confuscius institutes.
20years and still no WMD found
All the people I know who are into drone videography and photography use DJI. They also manufacture drones that cost thousands of $ where you can mount professional video cameras. In fact, they have expanded into drones for agriculture use, high voltage power lines inspection,etc.
Frank Wang Tao, who founded DJI did his Master's thesis in drone controls technology. He started DJI and ran it out from his dorm at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Together with a few friends he went to Shenzhen to start his company. As they say, the rest is history. DJI has over 70% share in the consumer drone market. He is the first drone billionaire.
The U.S. Army decided to build their own drones after blacklisting DJI. However, the drones they built were several times more expensive than DJI and not even half as good!
The unit price of UAV made by US is 5 to 10 times that of DJI.
A texas company sue DJI for stealing their patents and won in a US court. But the texas patent was in 2011, but DJI has that same tech since 2009. So texans can now patent chinese inventions and sue China😂😂
@@kaiki8490it's not new. America used to make it 100% legal to steal anything Russian, including art, music etc. So Tchaikovsky was stolen legally in America lol...
Not surprised DJI don't want their drone used in combat, don't forget the Chinese do invente gunpowder just for fun.
This is another china high quality and affordable product which benefit the world , the world should appreciates and thank china . Apple phone owned the world most expensive company worth 2.3 trillion usd where no other global brand can compete, luckily and thank God we have china to produce affordable and quality phones where everyone can affort and enjoy technology brings .
Thank you China and keep up the good works ❤
Imagine without Chinese product, many Western brands will still be overcharging us for everyday goods, and lets face it, the mass simply could not afford those high end prices.
Competition is good, now I can buy many decent reliable product at affordable prices. Thanks to Made in China, I can now buy a high quality 5 piece set of stainless steel pots from renown German brand Fissler for under £100, whereas, in the mid 90's, I had to pay £50 for a single 24cm stainless steel pot from a similar European brand.
India now makes apple phones. The one where the batteries overheat
The Chinese made it clear repeatedly that they want no war but peace, though they've got everything that's needed for one!
Totally agree
The US bans dji drones with some of the best infra-red and mapping capabilities in the world.🙈 these drones are also very inexpensive when compared US made weapons grade drones 🙄. 🙉😂
they ban them because they can't make drones as good because they don't have the right to certain technologies. DJI has all the important patents (because they came up with them first). So they ban them, like they ban Huawei. To protect the domestic product and market. Understandable, but childish and ultimately brings more bad than the good it made.
DJI drones are banned in the US, shouldn't they be banned in Israel as well.
Banned since when?
Last I check they are still being sold in the US
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DJI just poked Uncle Sam in the eye. they open a store in the US.
As long as the Chinese products are famous in the markets around the world, the U S banned them, such as Huawei's 5G, DJI drones are banned in government usages, from states to federal, and now about to ban TikTok and Chinese made EVs.
As long as the Chinese products are famous in the markets around the world, the U S banned them, such as Huawei's 5G, DJI drones are being banned from locals, states and federal levels and now about to ban TikTok and Chinese made EVs.
Is this what Janet Yelling talking about China's over capacity.
EV and solar panels.
China should grill Janet Yelling for over capacity of the US bank notes. It is a serious problem for the world economy.
A Swiss firm took apart a BYD Seal or Dolphin, and then priced it piece by piece with labor cost. they found that Chinese EV is 35% cheaper than EU, 15% than Tesla. that price gap with EU is huge for EU to close.
@@willengel2458 you forgot about dual-use products.
@@willengel2458 That Swiss firm is UBS Bank.
made in China > made in US
Many workers in America take drugs. So you can imagine its quality.
China had banned the export of certain types of drone after the war started.
But Ukr &IDF prefer Chn civilian drones(allowed) than US military drones..😅
People can still modify the drones. Or smuggle from China. Cant really stop this problem
@@CattleFarmer667 if that case, Ukr& IDF no longer need to sad complain to WSJ media...😂 As last yr, US modified Dji drones, sent to Ukr & made big destruction. Soon later Chn ban those type, only pure US military drones on action...😭
But not spare parts, and Ukraine buys these "spare parts" of drones together with manuels, go figure why Ukraines have these drones for combat in battlefield.
Drones for police, fire fighters, Agriculture and fisheries are not allowed to export.
These are civilian drones. Imagine China military grade equipments
China do not want war
China want peace
Peace in the world
For us • For our children
@@EL10Z If you want peace, be Prepared for war
Shouldnt Yellen warn the Chinese about such sales to Ukraine and Israel, threatening sanctions? Hiporcrisy and double standards?
DJI didn't sell it to either side. they bought readily available components in China and assembled them.
@@willengel2458 They bought the whole device directly off the shelves, not components from China, before strapping on some military gadgets on em to use for military purposes.
51 years ago the US put a man on the moon. Now we can barely put a ladder on a wall.
more people today believe the US faked that landing 😂 (not me) Understandable.
You know Hollywood?
Why are U so hurtful ?
@@Ludak021 I’m just not going there……🤫
@@haroldong4616 😇
DJI banned sales to Russia and Ukraine when found out they were using for war.
Russia and Ukraine buy DJI drones from other countries.
China military drones have AI in them..
And PLA has drones of the shape of eagles, the birds, sharks that can home in on enemy forces without being distinguished.
Drones that look like eagles, flying like eagles in intricate fashion.
Chinese military has Drone Swarms that acts like insect Swarms, moving without collision and 'thinking' independently
Just pay attention to their drone display in the sky during special events.
Americans can’t build drones because it was the Chinese who invented these drones in the first place as toys. And it’s them that have the most experience in manufacturing drones. Likewise the drones that’s build by US companies are actually parts ship from China and assembled in USA then they call it made in USA. 😂
Good observation again, as usual.
So, no one condemns China for selling weapons to Israel and Ukraine, but condemn it for trading with Russia and Iran. That's funny 😂😂😂
DJI is NOT "selling" their quadcopters to THE Ukraine and NAZIsrael: THE Ukraine and NAZIsrael are using "middlemen" across Europe and North America and Southeast Asia to purchase the DJI quadcopters to procure huge bulks of the DJI quadcopters and having them shipped to THE Ukraine and NAZIsrael.
Both sides aren't buying consumer drones anymore. They're buying Chinese components, 3D printing the chassis and propellers, and assembling them because it's even cheaper.
it's the software integrated with the hardware that's the hard part
@@firstlast-pt5pp Not really. Buy a pre-made circuit board then load with a firmware like Ardupilot, which is popular and open source. Done.
@@DailyBeatingsWhat a genius, no wonder US drones are crap.. simpleton thinking like yours.
And the 3D printers, the propellers, the control boards and etc etc are still...
...made in China.
@@DailyBeatings - if that's so easy why DJI is 70% of the market?
Chinese civilian technologies are experiencing so much competition that they have surpassed western (and sometimes Chinese military) tech.
Drones is a classic example. You see videos online of drone carrying a grenade, flying a few kilometers and dropping the grenade. But in China, agricultural drones are used to spray pesticide, that has range longer than rockets and can carry a tank of pesticide (40-50kg), capable of carrying a legit small warhead across the frontlines. Other examples include: the Chinese military looked into buying the arresting gear to slow down landing aircraft, when they had a tender process, they found that the ones used on American aircraft carriers were made in China, by a company that produced different variety of cabling. The Chinese military also looked into getting high quality carbon fiber, but found one of the companies to be a fishing equipment maker that uses carbon fiber.
😂😂😂😂
Indeed you have raised a real interesting scenario! The DJI drones are sold as toys and yet they could be easily modified to counter the opposition in wars! Surely the Chinese PLA knows of this and they are not really bothered. This could only because the PLA thought they are toys!
The PLA probably have better and more high tech drones than these "toys".
China drone production is over capacity again😅
Chinese drones are the truth🔥🔥🔥
Drone technology is just the tip of the iceberg. The Chinese don't blow much trumpet on what they have. You will only see it on the day of the gunfight at OK Coral. Good luck.
It is not a question that how much better Chinese military drones than Chinese civilian drones, it is a question of how many more. During military ops, the number of drone coming is non-stop.
Tariffs, bans and sanctions could not enable the US to make decent and reliable drones. LOL
American workers often take drugs. You can imagine the quality of the products.
"It might even crash on top of my head." I almost laughed, but it's not funny.
The use of Chinese drones by IDF, Russians and Ukrainians must be the best publicity for DJI.
DJI's market share in the world is close to 80%, which was achieved under US sanctions.
DJI ： I'm guiltless
Gulf Arabian countries bought various kinds of Chinese top-grade military drones and these drones could be sent to Gaza.
they bought the assembly line.
One of the other aspect that is not mentioned is the sheer volume of production. A single drone from DJI costs about $2,000 AUD in Sydney after all the taxes.
If DJI's tech is used in the Chinese military, then they do not need a controller for each drone (suicide drones just fly in, explode), they can build a single controller for all the drones, save costs.
There is no safety features, like automatic stopping the propellers when it detects human presence or guard rails aruond the propellers, save costs.
There is no need to make the rotors to last for enduring flight, recharge, and more flight. A suicide drone just need to operate once for about 4-5 hours to find its target, save costs.
If you already know the trajectory, you can remove the GPS/BDS communication system and install a system that programs the flight path in before launch, so it cannot be hacked, save costs.
If you are certain of the target and trajectory, you don't really need a camera. You certainly don't need a 4k 60fps camera, just a camera good enuogh to see where it is going is enough. save costs.
If DJI is building for the Chinese military, then it cannot make massive profits or risk getting 'nationalised', save costs.
What happens if the Chinese military launch a swarm of thousands of drones at the cost of $500 each? Are we going to defend against it with missiles that cost 1.2 million each? or with AA guns that even the bullets costs about this much?
OK, so according to your memory, the Chinese have attacked and invaded many countries around the world, including Australia, killing millions in the last 50 years. Oh, in the last 5000 years. Stop spewing war mongering propaganda for your war hawks master - USA. Read some history instead.
Or make peace and cooperate with China and Russia, then you will never have to worry about wars
You can actually think independently and count. A rare specimen within 5-eyes countries.
The evidence shows that the US, the world's most powerful naval forces, were incapable of halting. The Yemen's Houthi rebels as they targeted commercial cargo ships in the Red Sea. While playing defense, the U.S. Standard Missile-2 surface-to-air missiles, which cost more than $2 million per missile, are likely being used by the Navy to eliminate Houthi drone attacks.
Remember the US submarine that surfaced in SCS because it hit something? Well, think again.😊
@@ZhenYae Underwater mountain!
We should be promoting stopping wars rather than comparing weapons fuck sake.
The point is that the DJI drones are not designed for military use but still they perform better than military drones made by U S!
How could WSJ(US media that hates Chn so much), promoting Chn weapons???
Its said Dji civilian drones 😵
Then you should stop voting war mongers.
St0p voting for w@r m0ñg€rs then.
Isn't this the point here of comparing weapons? If your expensive exorbitants weapons are lousy and worse than the toys of your potential enemy, the smart thing to do is to stop your aggressive war mongering. I think we are on the same page here.
When a manufacturer goal is profit and not the purpose then It has to fail in the field.
Great report. Much appreciated 😊
The reason US drones manufacturer do not have "electronic warfare" defence is that they actually believe in their Media "fake news" and govt propaganda. The Rusdians cant build electronics, the Russians are salvaging washing machine parts for electronics.. this is a real good one😂😂😂3
i never understood y the us govt accepted weapons providers to charge billions of dollars for systems that never quite worked properly y would the us govt accept cost over runs so that some programs like the f22 program delivered far fewer planes than originally planned for. any cost over runs and deficiencies should be paid for by the manufacturers not the govt now we have this situation where the us govt buys overly expensive weapons that dont quite work
because the politicians are part of the supply chain and get rich.
The one in charge of acquisition is also the one on the company board.
They all get kickbacks in one way or another...like Austin getting board seat on Raytheon, now why would they give him that cushy job?
Wall Street demands profits, only profits
$ kick back
thx for sharing
Their drones are better than ours.
Their BeiDou navigation system is better than our GPS navigation system.
What’s next? Their jets?
China now has a hypersonic drone that will make fighter aircraft obsolete...🤣
Can't be.. according to your "Experts", China copies everything from the US. 😅😅
@@DailyBeatings ..China uses Mandarin for their fighters aircraft, BDS, Space Station. Most of the Pilots can read and speak English very well. I don't think American pilots understand Mandarin.
@@liongjiahwong5478 They won't be able to read the writing on the drone when it flies past them at Mach 6...🤣
Chinese jets are also better.
Hahaha.....see...even israelis buying Made In China instead of MADE IN MURICAAAAAA ahahahahaha
Excellent analysis site.
There are more chinese engineers and scientists in China than there are chinese engineers and scientists in the US, thus China has the edge.
The thought-provoking questions you pose at the end of your video are worth considering. Thanks for an interesting insight into the world of toy drones!
China is 10,000 miles away. When the fish in lake michigan speak Chinese l will let you know
Then you need to going fishing in Lake Michigan with the Made In China hook, line, sinker, reels and the rod too.
Good questions
This is ridiculous. The militia uses chewing gum, masking tapes, pens, etc.- everything you can buy from walmart during their battles and conflicts too. Should they all be banned too?
it is not perfect but nice back ground，thank you Kevin and your team
Doesn't matter about the background. Just listen carefully to what the man says.
US engineers are not intelligent and lazy. I know it because I used to work in a US company and I was an engineer. US engineers just know how to talk, but do not understand the basic engineering principles. For example, an engineer team of 15 people decided in a meeting to test if Bernoulli's Equation is valid (spent 4 weeks) and also test if the water will lose (thru evaporating)half of volume when it flows out from the faucet (spent 1 week).
Those are not the best engineers. The best engineers are busy building meta-verse and cryto
@@punlam6740 That company was a billion $ company and the leader in its field. That same group was trying to design a simple electro-mech device. After 4.5 years (when I left), they could not even properly design the gasket between the upper and lower casings and still leaked. I told them jokingly that Walmart had lunch box that has a seal that would work. It costed about $4. That group had a daily meeting of 1 hour at 9:30 am. Amazing and insane.
@@punlam6740 The best engineers are working day and night to develop better chatbox to challenge the best lawyers, freelancers and talk show comedians.
The best engineers in US are in finance, not manufacturing.
@@punlam6740 Or they are on Wall Street engaging in financial engineering.
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OK .... I am Awake now 🤯
Stay awake by not watching or reading Western main stream news.
This would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
Good on ha Kevin , l really enjoy your work , cheers
Taking it a bit further, it costs millions to train a fighter pilot and that pilot is very precious and maybe irreplaceable. How long before AL pilots a jet fighter and flies better than any human?
Turkey has an unmanned fighter plane called the Kizilelma.
@@newaulk Of course it is 100% reliant on the GPS network... The Chinese have their own GPS network.
If we continue to allow a duopoly political system in the US we will be enriching the MIC and these politicians and bureaucrats
Very interesting! Great insight! Before we know it, Ukrainians might buy up old Chinese EVs and repurpose it for battle
imagine the quality of the drones that the Chinese govt produces for their military
The mind boggles.
6G in it ?
I like small channel like this. Good info, no trolls (yet).
No trolls? obviously you don't read all the comments. 😂😂
When even the U.S. Defense Dept. bought Chinese drones for its combat troops in defiance of the White House's degree, all other nations including Israel and Ukraine of course prefer the better ones.
Is all about making money. Not about what is good for the soldiers.
The Chinese turned off an american super carrier GPS for 1 month
I think this drone story feeds into the American exceptionalism mindset, where a disturbingly significant portion of Americans as well as their leaders have been so utterly convinced of their technological and developmental superiority for so long by the media and Hollywood, that they haven't kept pace with developments in other countries and are often surprised to find that other people have a greater capacity than they expected.
You see that exceptionalist mindset in the views of a lot of Americans online when faced with facts they cannot accept. "American military grade drones are worse than Chinese toy drones that anyone can buy from ToysRUs." Typical American reply? "Yes well, our military is only giving them crap drones that we don't want from 10 years ago. Our military has a drone that can single-handedly defeat 100 fighter jets by itself." "I don't understand the fuss over iPhones. I own both Apple and Samsung phones and I'm often surprised by how inferior my iPhone is to my Samsung." Typical American reply? "I can't even talk to anyone who uses an android device." "I think the US and NATO should be careful about taking on Russia. Russia is used to fighting wars against proper armies, Americans have mainly fought nations they were overwhelmingly superior to." Typical American reply? "Russia's army is using equipment from the time of the Flintstones. If they mess with us our army will bring down our secret death star and bomb them into infinity."
The US is truly a great nation but it has to stop believing that it is at the forefront of everything. Recent events in the world are starting to show us, regardless of media propaganda, that the US has been standing still while other nations have quietly advanced themselves.
Sometimes a month is all you need. France fell to the German in a month.
Sometimes you may need only one month against Russia???
Oh...dear.
Speaking of drones, Chinese are test flying human-carrying taxis now. A year from now, these taxis will be in commercial use.
They are being mass manufactured as we speak.
In fact, the taxi mode of manned flight you mentioned in Guangdong, China has been implemented every two or three hundred people's cities
Chinese are just smarter and have more engineers. Discovered that since I was 14 in high school.
what about INDIA then ? 😂
Chinese drones can use China Beidu satellite navigation
American women also realized that Chinese made dxxxo work better, longer, harder than American made ...
Ffs 😂😂😂
Oh? Didn't u receive the memo instructing that all liberals must temporarily suspend "free" narratives?
ps. Especially not descriptively obscene qualifiers, such as "longer", "harder" where dxxxo is the subject matter discussed!
I thought USA banned them. 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That surely is a national security risk.
China excess capacity in Drones must be banned in US, Israel and Ukraine. These products are freely available to friendly and neutral countries.
I saw this one drone called a Black Hornet Nano which is used by the Pentagon, it costs $150k for a small toy like drone.
$150K for the black hornet, you know a lot of wheels got greased.
@@thomaskim3128, that's right, officially that grease called military industrial lobby in DoD.
@@thomaskim3128 That's how things work in the US. Lobbyists give money to politicians, and big corps make bank. LOL
Are U insinuating tat those lobbyists are corrupt. ?
Corruption doesn't exist in the US, especially in Congress
@@haroldong4616 Of course they are corrupt. Most people know congress is corrupt, that's why their approval rating is about 13%. LOL
China military has designed some Big drones that can fly long distance , and can split into 6-8 small drones before
attacking targets in a relatively big area . Aircraft Carriers will have big trouble facing this kind of Big drones !
PLAN even have an aircraft carrier for drones. Besides carrying flying drones, they also have submarine drones.
DJI should be able to turn off the drones used by Ukrainian remotely, according to US Commerce secretary Gina Raimondo.
they have geo fencing
There are also talks that before banning chinese drones, the US bought huge quantities of chinese drones for their military
8:00 unfortunately, the Pentagon is full of veterans who should know better, but they don't, and they refuse to learn. Still living in 1991.
The "what if questions" you asked sounds ominous
DJI has 80% of world drone market. Go figure
i suppose, drones for public use and are relatively inexpensive get massively more design/testForUtilityByThePublic/modify production cycles than overengineering=profit, ponderously managed development, military contractor drones.
This discussion highlight the issue of duo use in technology. When need arises, end-user will modify technology for use as situation requires. A knife can be used in kitchen as much as in gang fight or robbery/murder. The blind sanctions just because the technology can be used for military is very problematic and brain dead...
For reverse engineering!
They want to know why simplicity is the answer !
If this is DJI's commercial drones, how good are the ones DJI make for the PLA?
DJI makes only civilian drones for precision agriculture (spreading seeds, fertilizers, and pest controls), aerial mapping for construction industry, and weather surveying, and Amazon kind of package delivery. They don't make the kind of drones US Pentagon contracts out to the US Military-Industrial Complex and their filthy rich shareholders.
Oh, yeah, DJI also makes and sells toy drones for UA-camrs.
have you see The Chinese new years Drones Show ?
Yes because they are use to sandal clad fighters in a pickup with an ak
It's the opposite way round.
Cheap drones are just what they are, you use cheap drones for the task, that requres exactly that, expensible drones.
The fundamental point to understand as regards the US defence procurement policy is that the Goal of the purchasing process is NOT to build effective and required weapon systems for the Military to use in War. Its purpose is to distribute wealth from the US state to a coalition of interested parties ranging from Politicians , Defence news organizations, think tanks, the makers themselves the Senior military officers etc. The obvious issues with the US defence procurement systems like overruns in the schedule and the budget or the fact that the Systems dont actually work ( looking at you LCS) are not bugs they are features
The United States does not produce any economic and practical weapons, because such weapons are not conducive to the consumption of military expenditure.
Yellen went to Guangzhou, and without the knowledge of Austin bought heaps of DJI drones for the defense dept. She used overcapacity as a smoke screen and a third party to do the deal.
All these while eating dimsum.. very capable old lady😂😂
Sounds plausible - who would have suspected a kindly old lady being an arms dealer!
And I wonder why my monthly cell phone services cost 10x more than the rest of the world and we’re still using 3 & 4g while China’s moving on to 6g and average unlimited data service in most parts of the world is $8-12/month.
There's 5G even in remote areas of China.
I replied that remote areas in Chiñ@ have Five G and YT deleted it.
5G available in remotest areas of C.hi.n.a
Heh here in malaysia it costs less than $10 a month for unlimited 5g internet and calls. Service is pretty decent too..:)
China should ban selling drones to the two countries
Sanctions (in this case export bans) don’t work. Ask Russia.
In fact, China has banned the sale of drones (including DJI) to Ukraine and Russia.
But Ukraine and Russia can easily buy China-made drones from other countries.
None of the drones currently used in Ukraine are directly bought from China.
The stuff US makes is good quality and all but EVERYTHING is grossly OVERPRICED. The whole ecomony gdp is overbloated that it can’t keep up with the excessive money printing. And people still think we are the sht…
Most feared weapon; toy grade DJI drone against Abraham tank.
Our new young western technician’s can’t be this useless surely……..
I’m not talking about military equipment only.
What is Happening all over the Western countries.
Silicon Valley engineers are working for DJI. All brushless drone motors are manufactured in China.
...I believe the information is not true...for this, you need authorization from the manufacturer for military use...!!!
Maybe china should boycott the sales...do their duty as a peace loving people...
DJI drones are updated all the time like iphone really.
No wonder they work so well.
Sooo here's one more way for China to put its thumb on the scale. I thought it was understood that from a strategic standpoint, China is kind of better served by a Russian victory.