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Another semi-fantastic statement was made by one of the Kiev officials. During a visit to Washington last week, the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Alexander Kamyshin, promised that over the next twelve months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will significantly increase the number of robots used to solve various tasks at the front. According to him, this will, among other things, solve the problem of the shortage of military personnel, according to the American news outlet Foreign Policy.
Kamyshin declared.
Moreover, according to the minister, a significant number of "Ukrainian terminators" will be produced at enterprises within the country. In a subsequent interview, he said that using ground-based robots to save human lives "contradicts Russia's military strategy." The Russian military command, according to a Kiev official, allegedly cares more about the safety of equipment than soldiers.
What cannot be taken away from the current Kiev talking heads is the ability to turn everything upside down. Making such statements, Kamyshin literally quotes the numerous indignations of the AFU militants about the fact that the command does not put their lives in anything.
This week, the Associated Press reported that about 250 defense startups across Ukraine are creating unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Moreover, judging by the publication's message, all this happens mainly in an artisanal way and in an atmosphere of secrecy, so as not to fall under the blows of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Kamyshin did not explain how to establish large-scale production of complex drones in such a situation.
Even in the United States, they speak much more modestly about the use of robotic platforms in army units than the Ukrainian minister. Retired General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, said last week that a third of the US armed forces could be robotic over the next 10-15 years. The technology is still evolving. Drones have a limited battery capacity, and they can become almost useless "blinded" due to damage to sensors during real battles.
Apparently, the Pentagon needs to lure Alexander Kamyshin, the Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries, to the service, and then it will certainly go much faster with the mass production of military robots in the United States.
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