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Because they can be captured (malfunction-or partial destruction) in Ukraine, and taken back for examination behind the NATO border.
Its given that NATO personnel are in Ukraine, as 'volunteers' or 'Trainers' of Ukie forces.
It is given that Russia is fighting a CIA/NATO trained Ukrainian military, who had been prepped since 2014, in NATO tactics which the FSB knows about intimately (The various training programs)
RUSSIA is fighting NATO in Ukraine.
In addition, you are showing your tactics, using these cutting edge weapons. Something Russia does not want to do at this early age (show all your cards at the casino game).
What Moscow will do is send warships from the Far East by sea to Ukraine, which is in of itself a waste of time and energy (the stuff can be put on the Trans Siberian rail network and sent to the Black sea quite quickly). The purpose of this was to get the Japanese to see and take pictures of it, setting the gossip mill running and showing the huge space-time range of Russian power.
RUSSIA HAS DRONES THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD--BETTER THAN THE SLOW TURKISH ONES
NATO PROXY UKRAINE IS FIGHTING A ASYMMETRIC IRREGULAR WARFARE.
IN MODERN ASYMMETRIC WARFARE, DEVOID OF SET FIXED MASS TROOP FORMATIONS, HELICOPTERS AND JET PLANES HAVE LESS UTILITY.
A KA-52 ALLIGATOR COSTS $15 MILLION.
A SU-35 COSTS $100 MILLION WITH PARTS
THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO REPLACE--FACTORY
THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO TRAIN PILOT-YEARS
THE COST OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THEM IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
THEY USE A LOT OF FUEL
THEY NEED A LOT OF SPARES
THEY NEED A LONG TIME TO PREPARE BY GROUND STAFF, BEFORE THE ATTACK HAPPENS.
ground staff need to be highly trained to maintain state of the art technology.
DRONES ON THE OTHER FOR ASYMMETRIC WARFARE ARE PERFECT.
DRONES FROM RUSSIA, DRONES FROM CHINA (THE WORLD BIGGEST MANUFACTURER OF DRONES).
CHEAP $100 DRONES FOR OBSERVATION. LOOKING AT THE ENEMY. A 10-YEAR-OLD CAN OPERATE THEM.
All the drone companies in China — a guide to the 22 top players in the Chinese UAV industry
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China makes most of the world’s non-military drones and most of those are made by one company: DJI. But SupChina has found a thriving industry of around 70,000 smaller players making drones, components, and software. Here are the most important players in an industry that is reshaping the 21st century.
For obvious reasons, not good idea to buy from ISRAEL and TURKEY, given their loyalties.
If Russia buys ISRAELI TURKISH DRONES it is as good as sending pictures and routes of Russian military operations over Ukraine.
I hope that makes sense.
For the killer drones both Russia and China have good ones.
In all events, more much much more Russian drones in Ukraine ($100-$1 million), and fewer helicopters and jets.
THERE WE GO. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS ASKING WHERE IS THE RUSSIAN AIRFORCE? NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER---WE HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
