Chinese Factory Footage Discovered in Downed Russian Gerbera Drone
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Footage from a Chinese factory was found in a downed Russian Gerbera drone, highlighting China's potential involvement in Russia's war efforts, and sparking concerns about global geopolitics and sanctions.
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riedel
4 months ago
1 replyIt was pretty much clear from the beginning that without a backing from China war would not be possible for Russia. It is telling that neither the nor the EU seems to be willing to extend tariffs nor sanctions to China. I think we reach a pretty dystopian state globally.
yorwba
4 months ago
It's an off-the-shelf camera: https://www.viewproonline.com/products/a40-pro-40x-optical-z... It's hardly surprising that Russian drones use cameras made in China. For comparison, Ukrainian drone manufacturers also started out using Chinese cameras before they developed cheaper options optimized for their use case: https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukraine-launches-production-o...
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