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Ukrainians are worried that China could cut their access to homemade drones remotely, making them into 'nothing more than a coaster for your coffee'
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https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-worry-china-could-cut-off-access-homemade-drones-2023-9
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Ukrainian drone pilots are worried that China could remotely lock them out of their homemade devices patched together using Chinese products.
In the last few months, Ukrainian forces have been expanding their usage of makeshift tactical drones carrying explosives, Insider previously reported.
Units like the Adam Tactical Group rely on homemade First-Person-View (FPV) drones that have been cobbled together by grassroots volunteer organizations, according to the Kyiv Independent.
The cheap, improvised drones worth only a few hundred bucks are constructed using 3-D printing techniques, combined with parts manufactured by a Chinese company called DJI, and retrofitted with explosives, the outlet reported.
“All this equipment, on which our whole reconnaissance architecture is built, will turn into nothing more than a coaster for your coffee,” Vitalii told the Kyiv Independent.
DJI produces civilian drones and requires pilots to sign into an account in order to bypass height and distance limits on their use.
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