In Russia, they plan to produce up to 6000 "Shahmed" per year: what can Ukraine answer
In his publication, Sergei Beskrestnov refers to The Wall Street Journal, according to which the Russians have entered into an agreement with Iranian partners for the construction of a drone production plant. Judging from the contract, the enterprise planned to produce 6000 "Shahaneda" a year, but, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, at the end of April the plant ahead of the production schedule, already putting 4,500 "Shahmed".
According to the expert, in order to reach the 6000 UAV per year Russians need to produce about 500 devices a month. According to him, this figure is "not particularly impressive", since many Ukrainian companies can now produce 100-150 percussion drones per month. "Therefore, there would be orders from the state, and the scale of attacks we can also please the enemy," - stated the military.
Sergey Beskrestnov also pointed out that the Ukrainian military learned to resist Russian shock UAVs through air defense (air defense). At the same time, Russian air defense, according to the expert, shows not very high efficiency. Recall that the aerial intelligence of the 106th separate brigade of territorial defense forces told in an interview "Novosti. Live" that the forces of Ukraine's defense have learned to produce and efficiently use FPV-punks using the best technologies.