Russia’s Low-Cost Explosive Drones: Lancet, Shahed and More Explained | WSJ

At the start of its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military lagged behind Kyiv in its use of low-cost explosive drones. But by mid 2023, Russian UAVs were targeting Ukrainian forces, copying some of Kyiv’s most successful tactics. In response to Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Russia has been increasingly producing Lancet drones, which explode when they hit targets from armored vehicles to groups of infantry.
WSJ explains how Moscow is building up its arsenal of low-cost explosive drones.
0:00 Russian production of low-cost drones
0:46 How tactics evolved
2:07 Russian drones
3:12 Challenges and limitations
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[@someonesomewhere4415]

Russia historically is having lots of problems in the beginning of the conflicts, but quickly adapts and decisively wins by the end of the conflict.

[@korencek]

They were prepared and eliminated Ukrainian military and equipment in 3 months. Then the west started supplying them with shitloads of equipment.

[@phoenix5694]

​@@christerry4216Russia always wins.

[@notanartist6304]

​@@christerry4216the so called counter offensive already failed.

[@user-cm1uu6zq3k]

Это называется:Русские долго запрягают, но быстро едут.

[@trugoingnowhere]

are you insane? Ukraine already lost like half a year ago, everything that happens now is nothing but an agony@@christerry4216

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Lancet is the real MVP of this war with more than 500 visually confirmed kills, it has far surpassed its western rival Switchblade which has only 3d rendered animation kills. lol

[@super-cat4781]

*600

[@rovnuipacan]

50000*

[@sababugs1125]

Not that much actually, javelin has more

[@overdrivelzma.9219]

Switchblade 600 is only good at animation videos and are twice as expensive as the Lancet.

[@PaulV.]

Actually, it is close to 1000 already.

[@thewedge8823]

These drones are really affordable and are a good bang for the buck. They have been performing quite well, taking out loads of Leopard tanks already.

[@thefrenchbaguette919]

From what I have seen very few Leopard where destroyed by lancet damaged yes but not destroyed most leopards destroyed where by mine or artillery

[@thewedge8823]

@@thefrenchbaguette919 Did I say they got completely destroyed? All it takes is to make them immobile or make their turret stop functioning and they are absolutely useless. No need to destroy them.

[@thefrenchbaguette919]

@@thewedge8823 if they are not destroyed they can be repaired an that what has happened to a lot of them

[@CanTho2022]

The Russian must’ve taken the semiconductors from washing machines to make these drones….😂 Right, Ursula Von de Crazy??

[@momnittdofff5331]

don’t forget the ones in the fridges too 😂😂😂😂

[@user-wc1sv1pm6k]

​@@momnittdofff5331 нет они их взяли с украинских унитазов . Украина настолько технологически развитая страна, что у них унитазы напичканы электроникой по само не хочу .

[@Ravenarh]

@@momnittdofff5331 And possibly in toilet bowl.

[@Murat_718]

Зато сами производят. Чем вы гейропейцы лицемеры двуличные террористы☄️

[@danstrick3314]

do shovels have chips in them

[@hankogle6858]

What makes the Russian weapons superior is that they are simple. They are effective and actually advanced. The propeller on the lancet keeps it cooler so radar doesn’t hardly detect.

[@timd4524]

They're losing

[@hankogle6858]

@@timd4524 they got a large portion of Ukraine. That’s part of their country now. If that’s losing then what do you call Iraq and Afghanistan? Why the Nazi president need the United States taxpayer money? They have lost 2 generations of men and Russia is getting rich by making Europe buy energy through a middle man. Like WW2 Russia will always beat the nazis

[@user-fu2cv9xl7p]

@@timd4524 hah only in western and ukranian media))

[@Uchiha_Patir_]

​@@timd4524yes, ukrobot

[@korencek]

Some are simple, some are super advanced. But obviously simpler quadcopters are very cheap and used a lot. As soon as you put a turbofan engine on a drone or missile it will increase the price by a lot.

[@nutsbutdum]

Shahed-136 drones cost $20,000/piece... not $50,000

[@ibrahimtouman2279]

Only few people in this world know the exact cost of a Shahid-136 drone, and those few are all located in Iran and Russia!!

[@olcankanicok9125]

the 20.000 is just a estimate the WSJ said they wont cost more than 50.000

[@neolord50pro77]

⁠​⁠@@Oren_Janusyou just can’t resist such offer. Those Persian rugs are so sweet. I have one myself hanging on the wall.

[@trojanthedog]

It astounds me that something so simple, it's literally a large hobby plane, should after mass production and no eye to profit, still cost $20,000!

[@pennyhardaway7491]

Sales cost. Production cost is probably $5-10k.

[@w.benson3011]

WSJ is about 4 months behind in this simplistic report of a simple situation. Imagine when topics are complex! BTW, the Iranian-type drones should have price tags of about $15,000 - $20,000, and not what WSJ reports. Russian Lancet drones are in their 3rd or 4th generation.

[@icemanzw]

I was surprised too lancet is on version 4 while they are talking as if it's lancet 1 clearly they did not researched

[@divelea]

Don't worry about it orc

[@AyOuB.God-soldier]

​@@diveleashut up bot you Are angry because the summer end and your Nafo Beach party have been cancelled

[@AAAAAA-tj1nq]

@@divelea lack of ukrainaxis air defence to shoot down drones. nafo bot

[@JackSlajter]

Гойда!

[@RandleBeckford]

America has cheap drones too, coming in at a measly $2 million.

[@draker769]

Remind me of the story about RPG in Iraq

[@user-ee8uu3zp3h]

@@draker769🇮🇶🫡

[@MuantanamoMobile]

What happened to the shovels and washing machine chips narr ati ve?

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

They are begging North Korea for weapons LOL

[@alexbukovsky4621]

@@user-vj8zz8ri1l doesn't it bother you that one "second-class" country produces more weapons than 20 "developed" countries? It's called cooperation, Russia can afford it. The U.S. is nagging the world, the poorest countries, and it doesn't make you laugh, you're weird).

[@YaraMits]

​@@user-vj8zz8ri1lhow is your daddy Murica? Is he alright? Do he and his lap dogs nafo produce enough munitions for Mrs Elensky? How about those shells they promised? Did they just gone quiet lately?

[@CanTho2022]

Ukraine has much more drones….but they were all used up by Ghosts of Kiev!! 😂😂😂

[@mphomosoeu6624]

Lol 😆 🤣 well said 👏 my friend

[@CanTho2022]

@@mphomosoeu6624 👍🙏

[@CanTho2022]

@@bearman3317 👍🙏

[@MaleficLaugh]

The ghost of Kyiv is a myth

[@pseudoharm]

​@@MaleficLaugh I think that's the point of the comment

[@user-ur2mq7hf1d]

Iran and Russia are two friendly countries and great neighbors🇮🇷🇷🇺🇮🇷🇷🇺🇮🇷🇷🇺🇮🇷🇷🇺✌️✌️✌️

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

Yes! By the way, can not muslims say muslim worda and prayers without converting to Islam in order to express appreciation of islamic spiritual culture?

[@AmogusAbobusAutobus]

Neighbors?🤔 Once they were, but not at least for 30 years😂

[@user-ur2mq7hf1d]

@@AmogusAbobusAutobus In the last 30 years, now and forever 😜😜😜

[@Tuuum72]

​@@AmogusAbobusAutobusсоседи через Каспийское море

[@saboteur8428]

They literally share the same sea​@@AmogusAbobusAutobus

[@reynardus1359]

According to the BBC, the Russian Army soldiers have been using shovels, not drones, about a month into the war.

[@user-od2fz1yf8r]

По данным BBC гиперзвуковое оружие России мультики. Вот, получается украина воюет с мультиками. А что будет когда кино начнётся.... Ну и лопатами мы воюем тоже не плохо. 😅

[@TS_BG_WD]

​​@@user-od2fz1yf8r злая всеопизбюливающая коммунистическая лопатка: *летит*

[@diggleboy]

Adaptation as quickly as possible is the number one most important strategy for survival.

[@MrDomingo55]

There is a new Lancet-like drone called Scalpel that is 1/4 the price of Lancet with 50K range but just as effective.

[@l0lzor123]

Nothing like sending a 75k suicide drone to take out a Leopard 2A6 tank worth $8,6m.

[@user-yj7um6hv1d]

Well, the same thing can be said literally about anything... TM-57 mine is inexpensive... 9M133 "Kornet" ATGM is inexpensive too, $26,000 per missile... That however doesn't make tanks obsolete. Because you can do much more with tank rather than with suicide drone.

[@bryandale7125]

These evil acts of murder will be repaid in this life if not the next.

[@classicmoviez3909]

@@bryandale7125 well then the usa will have a lot to answer for....way way more than any other nation

[@Masterafro999]

​@@classicmoviez3909don't forget the British, Belgians, Japanese, French. The list of wrong doers is long

[@iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626]

$20k drone.

[@prodigiii712]

When Russia has a battlefield problem they solve with tech innovation, when Ukraine has a battlefield problem they call for more sanctions.

[@mnenessat3583]

and beggin for more our tax money

[@user-qx4zc3ph2m]

​​@@mnenessat3583It's your Bidens fault. He promised to help Ukraine to defeat Russia. Ukrainians believed you. They would surrender if only Biden didn't lied them

[@andrewzhuk8713]

​@@mnenessat3583please , give us back 173 ICBM, which you pushed us to give away in exchange of your security guaranties, so we will stop asking for help. But you disarmed us promising security and now you are writing this comment? How come you are better then other terrorists?

[@hostaloff]

​@@andrewzhuk8713 долб? там были только компоненты, всё управление ядерным оружием находилось в Москве, че толку что оно было, стрелять-то как из него? хахаха

[@hostaloff]

Россия гарантировала безопасность Украины, только при условии, что она не будет вступать в военные блоки. Не нужно быть экспертом, чтобы понять, что если ты пойдешь дружить с заклятым врагом №1 для России, получишь по морде

[@bobwilk5155]

Following the US and British ideas, what if those Drones Russia weaponized with Deplited Uranium or Cluster munitions?

[@Bazhenoff]

🫡

[@user-dl3nc4jx7k]

There is no point in putting a cluster charge in a Lancet or Geranium, a cluster charge works on infantry, and these drones destroy combat vehicles (Lancet) (3-5 kg of explosives in a cumulative charge). Geranium (50kg of trinitrotoluene) destroys Buildings, oil storage facilities, etc. (a fairly large object) explosives are needed there, not striking elements. Russia will not pollute its territory with depleted uranium, because what used to be Russian land, and then went to Ukraine, will return back to Russia, as it has been for centuries, but this does not mean that such a blow will not be inflicted on NATO lands, we Russians do not feel sorry for anyone there, we have age-old enemies there

[@fomnik9276]

Depleted uranium is exclusevly high speed tank shell for pure kinetic power (uranium is dense and heavy than steel), makes no sense for slow flying drone with weak engine to carry heavy uranium rod. Cluster munitions are used since day 1 by both sides lol. You can actually make Lancet drone a cluster munition (sort of) just by changing payload to a bunch of grenades or a TNT brick

[@JIUNnF]

Ты хочеш быть осужденным как военный преступник?

[@JIUNnF]

@@fomnik9276 Россия сняла с вооружения касетные снаряды до сво.

[@FlyingNazgul-wm1dv]

Alot of people who are into weapons and arms are becoming Lancet fanboys including myself I call it the explosive scalpel

[@Dirtmiy]

Russia learns very quickly!!!👍

[@maximusfreeman7140]

They are so powerful that they even destroy German Leopard 2 tanks, which were thought to be the greatest tanks in the world for a very long time. The sole problem with the lancet? They cost approximately $35,000, so they're not exactly cheap !

[@GwynBleys]

All the prices on Russian weapons are approximate cost of export versions. Russian government subsides or owns every defense company in Russia and does not pay anything close to suggested numbers itself.

[@maximusfreeman7140]

@@GwynBleys that's a valid point.

[@osiriswarlokov6132]

They reliably destroyed about 3 Leopards. Don't take triggered smoke grenades and damage to the turret's electric propulsion unit (EWNA) as defeat.

[@user-mx6rh9no6c]

how much does a tank cost?

[@user-mx6rh9no6c]

@@osiriswarlokov6132 Ukrainian dreamer

[@shamimkhan9026]

These Russian Lancets herald a revolutionary era in warfare, laying the groundwork for the battles of the future

[@ilyakasnacheev]

It's weird that we're not seeing any Switchblades in action. Weren't they supposed to be basically the same thing as Lancet?

[@shamimkhan9026]

@@ilyakasnacheev kinda same but price and range are different. Also I read somewhere that Russia's electromagnetic warfare system is effectively jamming Ukraine's flying objects, yet their lancets somehow skillfully navigate through the enemy's EM systems.

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

@@shamimkhan9026 They were jamming Ukrainian drones with a good camera. They usually don't jam low fi video signals that is why the Ukraine is now using cheap cameras on them so they don't get jammed.

[@dark_master_Makei]

@@shamimkhan9026 Because they don't need satellite systems and frequencies. He himself knows how to fly along the route in a given area and what goals to look for. At the same time, the neural network remembers and learns. The operator can only confirm the selected goal.

[@Masterafro999]

​@@user-vj8zz8ri1lthose are definitely being jammed as well. The ew coverage is just not good enough to cover the entire front line

[@ahmedaden7062]

This is US proxy war and already lost this war like Vietnam,Afghanistan .Iraq and Somalia

[@tylerdurden4006]

These guys just took out some ukrainian migs at a ukrainian airbase. It was awesome.

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

It missed LOL copium Russia kaput

[@CanTho2022]

@@user-vj8zz8ri1l….your source: trust me bro!! 😂😂😂

[@WeWazKangz]

Not only is Russia crushing Zelenskyy's Larpers, they're doing it cheaply 😂

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

Guess you aren't following the war or you are living in a cope cage. Russia is getting it's as* kicked badly.

[@ndubuisiazuka31]

Level of subtle propaganda messages laced in these seemingly balanced report is mind blowing. First of all Russia is not "catching up" to the use of drone currently, they are ahead of West sponsored Ukraine. It is weasle behavior from you trying to take credit for Russia's progress in manufacture of drones at scale, by mention they did so with Western parts or technology. They clearly dont need you, even your switchblade drones were an abject failure.

[@Robert-Edwin-House.]

amen brother. these companies are mornic. Even if you hate the country, weapons tech should always be observed objectively.

[@fractalmadness9253]

Reminds me of that old Robin Williams movie, where a toy factory was converted to making weapons of war.

[@user-dy6qf5yd5q]

А ты знаешь, что игрушки в СССР производили на тех же заводах, что и оружие? Исторический факт.

[@volhv2548]

@@user-dy6qf5yd5q а ты знаешь, что армия США, компании Боинг, кольт тд производят дофига игрушек?

[@MrStron2003]

This has historical roots, every plant in the USSR that produced something had to have a second purpose during the war, for example, a plant that produced lipstick had to produce detonators for grenades during the war, a pasta factory had to produce gunpowder, and switch to military production products could literally be delivered in a week.

[@GameAdmin90]

After viewing the factory that produces "Lancet" and the equipment used in its manufacture Is the Western rumor still in the Western media? Which says that the Russians use electrical circuits found in washing machines and refrigerators to produce lancet and other weapons , haha.😆😅

[@TheMarkitys]

Скажу даже больше, мне как россиянину уже пришло предписание сдать всю бытовую технику для нужд армии…

[@killiandrake2252]

@@TheMarkitys no need for that anymore . they just change the inner code of ur devices and leave them for u. in time when Mother Russia needs ur support ur refrigirator or vacuum cleaner just fly on front.

[@user-hd6jg3nw5l]

​ Дружище, ты подсказал хорошую идею. Надо воплотить её в жизнь. Представь, холодильник подлетает к танку и медленно перед ним опускается. Открывается дверка холодильника. Экипаж видет всю еду и захлебывается собственной слюной. Холодильник снова готов в бой. А русским достаётся целый Леопард или Абрамс. Надо поговорить с Шойгу. Чтобы он тебя наградил за служение Матушке-России. Buddy, you've come up with a good idea. We need to bring it to life. Imagine, the refrigerator flies up to the tank and slowly descends in front of it. The refrigerator door opens. The crew sees all the food and chokes on their own saliva. The refrigerator is ready to fight again. And the Russians get a whole Leopard or an Abrams. We need to talk to Shoigu. So that he will reward you for your service to Mother Russia.

[@unknownperson8541]

What about their shovel factory 🏭🏭🏭🏭 Please report on that 😊

[@shephusted2714]

one gets the feeling that they aren't even trying

[@201sovereign]

The rate these drones are evolving is almost the same as airplanes during the great war. Already there are newer, improved versions of the Lancet and Gerans.

[@adamdye88]

Good job🤫🤯

[@asavelakuse6865]

The Zala Lancet. The Russian hornet is quite a machine cheap, can be made easily and can cause a large amount of damage. Not a week goes by since the Ukrainian counter offensive has this drone not been used. They really fired a HIMARs rocket to kill a operator crew while badass that is not cost productive.

[@suswanto4777]

Russia has capabilities to disable HIMARS completely

[@WangAiHua]

@@suswanto4777 Yes, they are called targets!--and they have been very successful. They have even recently taken out several storm shadow missiles with their Black Sea Headquarters!

[@pennyhardaway7491]

@@WangAiHua SS missiles have been captured fully in tact. In case you missed the plethora of Western news articles explaining how Russian EW is jamming JDAMS, drones, missiles etc anything GPS guided. Ru capability is even highly praised by Google co-founder. The media won't outright state Storm Shadow due to damaging its reputation but it is a very basic missile system.

[@serpentphoenix]

@@suswanto4777 They have capabilities to land humans on the moon and conquer Ukraine in two days too apparently.

[@taylan3363]

@@pennyhardaway7491 Russian capabilities are so advanced they lost a submarine, a cruiser, an s-400 system, and a black sea headquarters to a small volley of outdated ruise missiles. LOL!

[@objectivemillennial2117]

the irony of american media calling others prowar

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Very informative, the drone warfare landscape is changing fast 🌐

[@chillxxx241]

The real innovation is in the US and you won’t necessarily see it in this conflict. This conflict has mostly been about cheaper commercial drones and a few new players (Turkey and Iran) in the military drone market.

[@Shining237]

Yes... with drone warfare you can incinerate an entire family without ever having to leave the comfort of your computer monitor.

[@chillxxx241]

@@Shining237 They are also using drone tech to grow more food, search and evacuate wounded, aid in resource extraction, protect endangered species, provide security, explore planets, deliver food, etc…

[@CGplay186]

@@chillxxx241 Yeah really great should also work as an guilt relief for the soldiers involved bombing things like is a video game, we can be so thankful US developing this wonderful kind of warfare, no wonder wars now last 20 years instead of 6 the future of never ending conflict

[@chillxxx241]

@@CGplay186 Have you ever heard of the 100 years war? Read a history book.

[@operator9858]

the russians next drone needs to be named shovel and make it a delta wing lol

[@vasilykartashov8970]

« The washing machine »

[@xenia1k1]

2:44 Putin ASMR

[@rickdiaz427]

Where did they get all the components to assemble these drones ? It appears that the theory of running out semiconductors are incorrect.

[@operator9858]

towards the start of all this i remember them saying that some of the parts were actually sourced back to pittsburg lol. i had heard recently that they did finally find some with iranian parts tho. so many they bought up materials until they could get production up to speed or something. hard to know.

[@Xyrozen]

NOOOOO BROOO, Zelensky told me the Russia can’t build this, they won’t build other military equipment if we sanctions them, we also banned the Washing Machine semiconductor for them, Slava Cokeraine🇺🇦

[@struvrim7637]

wiki "Orlan-10" uses a technological bet on the use of civilian imported components, which have sharply fallen in price in recent years. In addition to their low price, they are also not regulated by legislation on the circulation of military technologies such as ITAR[en]. All electronics and engines of the Orlan-10 are imported components, but the UAV designers have made a “detachment from suppliers,” that is, no imported part is critical and can be replaced with an analogue. For this reason, the study of downed Orlan-10s each time demonstrates new configurations of microcircuits, optics and even engines. The domestic software in Orlan-10 is quite complex, taking into account the large number of options for equipping the Orlan-10 with various equipment, as well as a huge number of options for imported components. Moreover, for many components, such as the engine, a diagnostic mode of serviceability is supported directly in flight using special sensors. In addition, the drone software supports a rather complex orthomosaic mode, stitched together from individual images. [13] The Orlan-10 composite wings are also made in Russia and are made of carbon fiber, which provides them with radio transparency. This stealth technology is “know-how”, since it is usually difficult to use composite wings on UAVs due to the problem of icing and the complexity of installing wing anti-icing protection. For low-flying UAVs, this problem is critical, so analogues of the Orlan-10 are quite rare in the world. The fact is that when precipitation gets on the wings of a UAV at subzero temperatures, they instantly freeze, lose lift, and stall the UAV. Heating even metal wings is not effective enough in the event of direct precipitation; in addition, by heating the wings, the UAV unmasks itself in the infrared range. Orlan-10 does not use a heated metal wing, but a special polymer film on composite radio-transparent wings. In case of icing, the film separates from the wing along with the ice crust.[36] Swedish police said they are aware of a link between the increased theft of speed cameras on roads (more than 100 cases in the period July-September 2022) and the use of the same type of cameras in Orlan-10 The Orlan-10 UAV has extensive capabilities of the APS 2.2 autopilot developed by TsTBA GUAP[12][13]: Fully autonomous flight mode without an operator in “radio silence” mode is supported. For an autonomous route, up to 100 points are indicated, at which the altitude and the sign of its flight are specified: altitude passage or loitering If necessary, the drone's autonomous mode can be programmed directly in the air via a radio channel. It is possible to specify the “Home” point for automatic return of the drone in the event of a loss of radio communication or absence/noise of GLONASS/GPS signals (return occurs using a compass and gyroscopes) payload on and off points camera frame overlap ratio. for orientation without GPS or in electronic warfare conditions that suppress GPS/GLONASS signals, orientation is used to recognize landmarks from photographs and compare them with a raster image of the terrain with reference to several points or an electronic map in the drone’s memory The drone software supports integration with OziExplorer[de], which allows drone images to be overlaid on OpenStreetMap, GoogleMap maps, as well as to compare drone footage with Google Satellite satellite images General platform features: GPS receiver TRE-G3T geodetic class with an accuracy of determining coordinates up to 1 cm (versus 6-7 meters of household GPS receivers). Real Time Kinematic technology is used to clarify coordinates crypto-protected command-telemetry channel with frequency converter, crypto-protected channel for transmitting photo (video) information, two-stage noise-resistant coding on both types of channels, from one control center, simultaneous control of up to 4 UAVs is provided, any UAV can work as a channel repeater for others its small size and the use of radio-transparent composite materials make the UAV unobtrusive to air defense radars[14]. Concern Avtomatika and the Vector Research Institute, which specialize in detecting drones, estimate the EPR of the Orlan-10 to be about 0.2-0.5 m²[15]. The UAV has a radio transmitter with a range of 120 km, and the UAV also has a GSM modem with the ability to insert local SIM cards, which allows the UAV to connect to 3G/4G cellular networks for communication via an encrypted channel with an operator via the Internet at any distance[16]. The UAV has an electric generator connected to the engine, this allows you to avoid wasting the weight of the payload on batteries for equipment

[@fropfrop9392]

Aliexpress

[@momnittdofff5331]

By the end of this war Lancet price will go up better send in your orders I already did mine. 😂😂😂😂

[@gregvoight8616]

Victory for 🇷🇺

[@momnittdofff5331]

NATO tried to buy the Shahed drone from Iran for Ukraine but the Iranian say NO Niet 😂😂😂😂. NATO is a joke.

[@icemanzw]

You are slow lancet is a Russia based company they are already in rolling lancet 4 and they are doing havok in Ukraine lancet 3 was deadly against valuable west weapons

[@xxmobstrxx8535]

I thought Russia was running out of tanks, bullets, missiles, jets, helicopters, men and artillery???? What happened?

[@killiandrake2252]

it is so, but tricky russians somehow learned to get all they need from vacuum.

[@Flankerivo]

Abother funny and unprofessional report from Theshitstreetjournal. Did you mention the stolen chupa-chups, pardon moi, chips from the kitchen appliances? 😂 Oh no! I forgot that in US of A there are enormously lot of houses without elementary washing machine.

[@user-fo3ex5nw7q]

Запомните все раз и навсегда----Россия никогда никому никакие войны не проигрывала.Победа России в любой войне---это вопрос лишь времени.Но результат всегда один ---+Победа.

[@user-yj1on3bf1v]

вы плохо знаете историю, совсем плохо, далеко за примерами ходить не надо

[@maxbounce5736]

Russian weapons are hands down one of the best (if not the best) in the world if you take into account cost/efficiency.

[@khrapov]

It's always been like this. Recall the most popular automatic rifle in the world - AK-47

[@WangAiHua]

@@khrapov Stolen from a Czech design. RuZzia doesn't have anything that it hasn't stolen from someone else!--Even toilets!

[@becomeunlimited]

no it isn't@@WangAiHua

[@noname-wg5me]

@@WangAiHua cry more Urinie bot

[@WangAiHua]

@@becomeunlimited Yes it was. "AK-47 designer and Red Army soldier Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1949. After five years of engineering, the former agricultural engineer made his famous weapon. It was based on a number of other designs floating around at the time, mostly Germany's Sturmgewehr-44." Even the nesting Matroshka dolls are copies of Chinese nesting dolls.

[@korencek]

Russian military today is all about having "know how" to produce. And in the course of war they start mass production. They didn't have large stocks of lancets, t-14, su-57... only now they put them on mass production.

[@azazazaza]

Country economy rebuilding on "military rails". It will affect civil life in future, sad, but necessary.

[@user-gi6db4bw2o]

@@azazazaza But if we imagine, that militarization of economy will bring some benefit to civilian tech, that will be a godsend to Russia, historically struggling to pair civilian and military tech compared to USA doing it almost 50-60 years already. War is a technological economy driver too, because of repurposing specialists and manufacturing equipment

[@N7oPb]

Are hohols already winning?

[@OneTwo023]

Of course. They in Crimea already, just like they said last summer

[@d_lollol524]

Can 12 gauge 00 buckshots shoot down lancet drones ?

[@operator9858]

in theory i guess, but your range is not anything like practical.

[@user-wb9up5vi2i]

Что тут скажешь? Нужно было год раскачиваться и потерять кучу техники и людей,прежде чем понять,что за БПЛА будущее

[@user-xn6fq7gv7p]

I wonder what Elon thinks on counter ideas .

[@user-hk1qn9ue2t]

Why should he do anything if the Ukrainians want him dead? Or should he offer something to Moscow?

[@petrabraham9512]

He turned off the internet for the ukrainians when they tried to attack Crimea and messed it up for them. He's a great guy!

[@tortikova7275]

It is not low cost, it is just normal cost, comparing to western corporations adding 1000% to the net cost of weapons and 500% more laundering at stock exchange... Russians just not corrupt. Simple

[@user-yj1on3bf1v]

this is wrong. The only difference is in average salaries and GDP. Everything that made in the USA should cost much more, because wages in dollars are higher there. This does not mean that the standard of living there is also much higher, no, prices are also higher. That is why the cost of weapons is several times higher than in Russia, with the same quality.

[@yctai6151]

No money no war...

[@cspdx11]

Wow. And we were told that Russians was just a oil depo. The Western weapons looking second class

[@eldorsattorov6033]

No way they cost so much... 😮 50k for a little flying drone...omg.

[@chutindrachodi4764]

they cost 20k usd. They are good to make enemy waste millions of dollars worth of missiles to defend against these drones.

[@foadskyflier]

@@chutindrachodi4764 they proved to be very difficult to shoot down with conventional air defense systems due to it's very low speed, extremely low altitude and the fact that it's body is made out of fiberglass which has poor radar reflecting properties . Most of the ones that were shot down were shot down manually with small arms and autocannons in it's path with it's main weakness being the loud noise of it's cheap two-stroke engine that alerts people from several kilometers away. It even got the nickname the flying lawnmower.

[@tankistrazumist]

Shahed-136 is not a small drone. Length 3.5 meters, wingspan 2.5. Weight - 200kg.

[@vinylrebellion]

This is where US is failing due to its bloated military procurements cost. The US can't produce a low cost drone like China or Russia. Hopefully they get their shyte worked out soon

[@GaminHasard]

Indeed. Cost plus manufacturing is one of the causes of this. And the weapon manufacturers don’t want this changed because it gives them an edge and predictable cash flows. But makes west weapons very expensive.

​@@GaminHasardThe promotion of savage capitalism by corporate crooks, of allowing them to become monopolies, is taking a very costly toll on the United States.

[@maximp9502]

🤪Please, no! God, save all of us (humans) from crazy agressors - USA... 🙏

[@cspdx11]

Corrupt military procurement has consequences

[@vladm5920]

It’s a business in America, that’s why it can’t compete without throwing piles of cash into its military industrial complex. Once the BRICS nations completely detach from the dollar, the U.S. is done

[@Tiagomottadmello]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@kathleenmann7311]

Cheaper than cardboard drones ? 😉

[@rizromanov8469]

Insane 🤯 technology

[@user-ur2mq7hf1d]

Russia has the right to receive drones from Iran, and the United States also supplies Ukraine with drones and other weapons

[@martyw007]

plonker

[@user-ur2mq7hf1d]

@@martyw007 The truth is painful for you and people like you. This is clear😂😅😂😅

[@iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626]

​@@martyw007aww show me where does it hurt the most?😂

[@renumeratedfrog]

Lancet is a great drone but a bit overrated. It has 3kg of HE which cannot really destroy a tank or armored vehicle, just damage it. The psychological effect of it much better, because Ukrainian troops always have to worry about it.

[@user-ee6nb9ec6v]

Depends from the version actually. Last versions can carry more

[@Frederick14788]

Sometimes cheap equipment can destroy expensive technology study for years & research that destroy in minutes.😮

[@760HorsePower]

I love the cute Orlan

[@pikminlord343]

Good journalism

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

The fact if Lancet are cheaper than Orlan, then that spotted drone have something wrong

[@asavelakuse6865]

Lancet has a smaller duration time for flying typically an Orlan is used to spot an area and if a vehicle is spotted then they use a Lancet. Multiple Lancet strikes are filmed third person view by orlans while first person view are Lancet as it targets for the pilot.

[@olcankanicok9125]

Lamcet cant work without Orlan.Orlan spots the target and lancet flies to it

[@swugjay7189]

They don't know what they're talking about. There are thousands of orlans shot down, and thousands still fly daily. Everywhere you see a lancet strike, an orlan surveillance is above.

[@magnem1043]

Complex engineering vs simplistic, both effective at their purpose

[@bebro4ka]

​@@asavelakuse6865orlan doesn't work in pair with lancet. The surveillance drone that spots the target for lancet is always a zala-made drone. Idk why western journalists and "military experts" don't see the difference between their intarfaces and camera quality. I also don't understand where did all those people get number 100k USD as a price for orlan-10, it is definitely much cheaper. Maybe 10-20k, but not 100k

[@NakedLunch2]

"Not only burns but also explodes"?

[@WangAiHua]

He is on meds!

[@uniquegroupge1710]

Shahed drone is under 10k$ 😂

[@thebrowser6758]

wait howd you know

[@mattpat25]

How long until that facility gets hit now that its been shown

[@KVIZZZZLE]

100k a unit...

[@marinhopaais426]

Ukraine can only proceed the war due to Western aid and support. Generally the view of the European public is that this support should end. The financial support is better spend on securing energy supplies. Ukraine should not enter the European Union.

[@Fresh.s]

Удар по hohlы 😎

[@djp1234]

I expect that factory to be on fire any day now.

[@thebrowser6758]

aight drones are too op, change my mind

[@keithnaylor1981]

“$100,000 a unit” Do you mean $100,000 each?

[@jonymanay]

The American version is 100k

[@Percival5]

If news report about Russian weapons just know it effective

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

that would be news because all the other Russian weapons suck.

[@acidbot666]

Zelensky promissed to be the servant of the people... And became the servant of the American government!

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

Better the US than Russia. Putler is a monster. Russia is going to be crushed by the Ukraine LOL

[@CJ-ko6my]

More like a leech.

[@jntiger1981]

Ukraine people want to be servants of U.S. because Ukraine people voted for him.

[@fredericoduvel3092]

Im pretty sure he always was a servant of the US. He’s an actor and the US needed someone popular to get elected…

[@user-xm2yf5ye1u]

Imagine this with a nuclear warheads

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

You don't need to be accurate with nukes. Hitting a few square mile area will do just fine.

[@matth7448]

as much as I dont want to give Russia any credit I think the US should move to more cheap disposable equipment

[@magnem1043]

US is control by business interest hence their production of overly expensive airplanes and boats and not disposable stuff

[@Xyrozen]

Yes, cheapest Lockheed Martin suicide drones be like : $100,000 without explosives 😂

[@draker769]

Dude, cheap is not what makes money for MIC shareholders

[@taichitao85]

Trial and error, Lancet 2.0 will be faster, accurate, and deadlier

[@raceking9176]

narrator sounds like the lil baby from family guy

[@JonnyWaldes]

The Lancet has been maybe the only Russian stand out weapon. And now it seems they have doubled the range.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

The Lancet is Israely tech, actually, sold to the Russians a few years before this war.

[@alexbukovsky4621]

Name me one outstanding weapon of the west?)

[@JonnyWaldes]

@@alexbukovsky4621 Javelins, NLAW, Himars, M777, Storm Shadow

[@JonnyWaldes]

@@alexbukovsky4621 Excalibur precision artillery rounds

[@user-dl3nc4jx7k]

according to the criterion of price \ quality, there is no better Russian weapon, for the cost of one unit of production in the USA, Russia will produce from 3 to 5 such units.War is always money and resources, in Russia 30% of all the resources of the planet

[@ibrahimtouman2279]

The Russian Vostok design bureau has developed a new kamikaze drone called “Scalpel”, which will soon be used by the Russian army in the special military operation zone.. things will get more interesting 😊

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

Russia is finished. The Ukrainians have over 100 drone companies 6 months from now they will be launching mass drone attacks on Moscow.. Russia is finished kaput

[@CanTho2022]

@@user-vj8zz8ri1l…..if losing over 500,000 sqKm and over 20 cities to Russia (of which 5 MAJOR CITIES have been publicly Annexed)….is considered WINNING, then soooooo much winning, Ukraine!! 😂😂😂

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@CanTho2022 "MAJOR CITIES have been publicly Annexed" never occupied though. with this logic Putin can annex Alaska on paper.

[@CanTho2022]

@@impaugjuldivmax .....”never occupied”?? 😂😂😂 that’s next level COPE only CIA troll can try to convince themselves!! CNN, MSNC, BBC, CBC, CBS are not your friends…

[@user-pv5uy6ol1j]

@@impaugjuldivmax

[@Shining237]

Americans are tired of paying for this insanely expensive proxy war. We have our own problems here to deal with.

[@sad0x92]

How are you guys paying for it? Its mostly old stuff, sittin with the army to rot, which has been send over...

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

LOL No I would personally pay 10 percent of my earnings to fight Russia np. NATO can keep this up times 100 for decades. Russia might make it until the weather saves them lol.

[@Shining237]

@@user-vj8zz8ri1l If you really feel that way then go fight on the front lines with the other Neo Nazis...lol

[@alexbukovsky4621]

@@user-vj8zz8ri1l Yes, of course. Russia was saved from Napoleon and Hitler by winter, from Ukrainians by winter and bushes. When will your eyes be opened to the obvious reasons for enemy failures?)

[@sababugs1125]

0.6% of your taxes went to Ukraine

[@rrasic]

русские такие чем дешевле, тем эффективнее, можно на месте чинить, а европейцам нужно доставить танк до ремонтного отдела

[@acidbot666]

Forgiving terrorists, neo NAZI extremists and traitors is God's business. The duty I have assigned to the Russian Army in Ukraine is to send them to him! Vladimir Putin.

[@user-vj8zz8ri1l]

Putin is a fool. He bit off more than he could chew. He should of realized that all the money for the military was going to Oligarchs

[@library5178]

Video gamers have known it for years

[@lem00na]

Please repeat "Russia is a gas station with nukes." Your audience likes it.

[@horoshkoaleksandr273]

please repeat "Russia is the world superpower with the second military in the world that conquered whole Ukraine in 3 days". Eastern illiterate audience likes this

[@OneTwo023]

​​@@horoshkoaleksandr273брат, ты вроде как уже должен быть в Крыму на пляже и праздновать победу. Что хоть ты в комментариях канала с отвратительной путинской пропагандой время тратишь? Очевидно это же фейк и на самом деле это не Елабуга, а Львiв

[@sarcasmo57]

Russia should chill.

[@CanTho2022]

They are…chilling and winning

[@tchinounitchou]

i don't know how much these drones cost but not what the video mentioned, some DSLR cameras and water bottle fuel reservoir

[@alexbukovsky4621]

you've fallen for another Ukrainian propaganda, congratulations.

[@Sacred_l0g1x]

FWIW atacm might reach that lancet factory🤔

[@James-dtexTexas]

“ …. Components come from the west ..” , some democrat politician must have ownership or shares in a component manufacturer . Make money from components sent to a country that is at war with a country that the US is financing. Talk about a sure thing business wise.

[@slacex]

Rusia❤

[@user-xn6fq7gv7p]

Itll take LASERS to take out rockets .

[@importantname]

If you get hit by a chinese made drone - you could be on either side. War is great for business, as long as the war is somewhere else.

[@maximp9502]

This is theory and rules of USA, no China... 😕

[@neolord50pro77]

This sorta tells you what would happen with those f16’s when they will be dislocated in Ukraine. 🤔

[@believer847]

❤Russia ❤Putin

[@WangAiHua]

You forgot Hitler and Stalin!

[@user-hk1qn9ue2t]

@@WangAiHua No, Hitler is a fan of Zelensky - it was not for nothing that he applauded SSman in Canada.

[@disillusioned8686]

Looks like a nice target for Ukrainian long range missiles

[@nafisfuadayon6832]

Russia has more.

[@CanTho2022]

What Ukraine long range are you talking about? The ones used by Ghost of Kiev??? 😂😂😂

[@political-duck2533]

Which ukranian missiles? They don't have that, just the scalps and storm shadows and those are foreign weapons, not ukranians

[@iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626]

Which one?

[@arzoo_singh]

I am not sure why it took them so long ,Ukraine started it from day 1 . Russia now is going to new heights but I am unsure what were the strategist doing then ? But the way Russia is advancing it could great best drone system in world ... They have never focused on this area unlike US and many western countries

[@UnitedSnakesOfAmerica1]

Do they delete the pro Ukraine comments?

[@brillbond7878]

Unconfused Drones!!😊

[@ClannCholmain]

Kremlin paid shiller

[@danjohnston9037]

Rediscover Flak

[@neolord50pro77]

Flak is not designed to counter supersonic munition.

[@danjohnston9037]

@@neolord50pro77 Notice all the little propeller jobs flying around ?