Fairly confident this is not the case with small first-person view drones.
It is not easy to produce in secret. There is no good reason for it. No other NATO country has built them at any scale. China owns most of the supply chain currently. And perhaps most importantly: a stockpile of fpv drones mean nothing if you dont have experienced drone operators to fly them. These would have to be trained en masse, further complicating any secrecy.
Additionally, Western (small) drones are massively overpriced and inferior to Ukrainian and Russian made drones. This is incongruent.
Apparently, even Anduril’s drones are considered inferior and are not deployed much in Ukraine.
Fairly confident this is not the case with small first-person view drones.
It is not easy to produce in secret. There is no good reason for it. No other NATO country has built them at any scale. China owns most of the supply chain currently. And perhaps most importantly: a stockpile of fpv drones mean nothing if you dont have experienced drone operators to fly them. These would have to be trained en masse, further complicating any secrecy.
Additionally, Western (small) drones are massively overpriced and inferior to Ukrainian and Russian made drones. This is incongruent.
Apparently, even Anduril’s drones are considered inferior and are not deployed much in Ukraine.