has harm if there is comparison? Iranian drones joined the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, Russian Ministry of Defense representative Igor Isuk recently said that most of Russia's domestic drones are currently unable to meet the technical and tactical requirements formulated by the Ministry of Defense, exposing the huge shortcomings of the Russian drone manufacturing capabilities. In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, both drones played an important role, but the drones made by Russia themselves were not excellent in terms of quantity and quality, and the Russian army could only grit their teeth and test and use them.
(Russia's "Seahawk-10" drone technology is behind)
Russian drone technology is behind. The Ministry of Defense complains about affecting tactics.
At the roundtable meeting on the technology prospects of Russian drone, Ishok bluntly pointed out that the biggest technical shortcomings faced by Russian drones lies in basic components, and emphasized that the Russian military is most in short supply now is electronic reconnaissance drones. In view of this, the Department of Defense can only be forced to simplify and supplement contracts with manufacturers to accept drones to be tested and used. Isuk also pointed out that the Ministry of Defense also needs to be equipped with anti-interference navigation signal receivers, radar radiation alarms, and enemy-environment identification system , and the price cannot be too expensive.
The basic components Ishok mentioned here should mainly refer to electronic devices such as chips. After all, the technological content of drones is not high, and Russia has relatively mature products such as engines, but only electronic device is well known to be Russia's shortcomings. Not only drones, but judging from the wreckage found by Ukraine on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, some of the devices used on the missile of Russia are also civilian.
(Ukraine's "Seahawk-10" drone dismantling pictures)
Of course, this cannot be blamed on modern Russia. The Soviet Union's electronic industry is relatively backward and has to use tube on many weapons instead of transistor . Russia was severely damaged after the collapse of , and there was no major progress in this regard, so it is understandable that there was a problem in this regard. Ukraine also dismantled a Russian "Seahawk-10" drone that was caught from the sea and posted pictures of the accessories online. Surprisingly, almost all of the parts are imported. The gasoline engine comes from a Japanese company. The GPS module is produced in Swiss . The signal receiver and antenna come from two German companies respectively. Even batteries made in China were found. The West also mocked Russia for dismantling washing machines and microwave ovens to find parts. Although the statement is exaggerated, it is not completely out of reality. The difference between
drones is large, and Russia and Ukraine is obvious in comparison with
In the Russian-Ukraine conflict, both sides used military drone , which can conduct long-distance reconnaissance or strike. Among them, the TB-2 detection and attack integrated drone purchased by Ukraine from Turkey was extremely impressive. In the early stages of the conflict, it destroyed a large number of Russian tanks armored vehicles, naval ships and air defense system , with significant results. The United States, which is behind the scenes, is not idle either. It has specially developed a new "Phoenix Ghost" drone for Ukraine to use, with its performance similar to the "switchblade" suicide drone provided before. Recently, the Pentagon has accelerated the review agenda and intends to provide Ukraine with a batch of MQ-1C "Grey Eagle" drones to make up for Ukraine's drone consumption during this period.
(Turkey TB-2 Reconnaissance and Fighting Drone)
As the war progressed, Russia gradually realized that it would be impossible to get on drones, so it also sent the "Seahawk-10" drone to the battlefield for reconnaissance missions. However, in comparison, the performance of the Russian drones was not outstanding and had not been put into use on a large scale. On the Syrian battlefield, the Russian army also tested the "Orion" investigation and attack integrated drone, but due to the limitations of quantity and technology, it was not put into use on a large scale on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.But the role of drones is undoubtedly clear to the Russian army. So where can we come from if we urgently need a large number of cheap drones?
The Russian military turned its attention to Middle East . In recent years, Iran has fought wits and courage with the United States and has obtained many key technologies for U.S. drones. It can be said that it is a self-developed player in the field of drones and has accumulated a lot of experience in actual combat. Russia's own drones have a small number and its performance is not comprehensive, so it finally chose to import Iranian drones. According to reports from the United States and Ukraine, the Russian army has put the "Witness-136" suicide drone purchased from Iran into actual combat, and destroyed many artillery and vehicles, causing considerable losses to the Ukrainian army.
(MQ-1C "Grey Eagle Drone)
However, buying others is never a big deal. In the end, for a big country like Russia, you still have to rely on yourself. Developing your own electronics industry is the long-term solution. If your own industry is built, not only drones, but missiles, aircraft, warships, , and vehicles will benefit. However, this is a long process and full of unknowns. Before that, Russia may only use civil electronic devices imported from India and other channels to assemble its own drones, or buy them directly like this time.
