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The Kursk Force Grouping (commanded by the 8th Air Assault Corps) has just shared a video of their forces deploying several different systems, including a German-delivered HX-2 loitering munition to destroy a Russian 2S7 Pion howitzer inside Russia. The howitzer has reportedly recently intensified strikes on the city of...

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A new report from Ukraine highlights the deployment of the HX-2 loitering munition by the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of the Air Force. Developed by the German defense company Helsing, the HX-2 has a reported range of up to 100 km, a top speed of 220 km/h, a 2.5 kg warhead, and terminal guidance capabilities. Germany has ordered a total of 6,000 HX-2 systems for Ukraine, with each unit reportedly costing around €17,000. So far, the HX-2 has only been publicly observed in service with the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of the Air Force. The brigade previously operated Helsing’s HF-1 system, which is based on the AQ 100 Bayonet airframe developed by Terminal Autonomy and integrated with Helsing’s software. Via ArmyTV, Military Journal #Ukraine #Helsing #Drones #MilitaryTechnology #Defense #UAV #Innovation
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A new report from Ukraine highlights the deployment of the HX-2 loitering munition by the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of the Air Force. Developed by the German defense company Helsing, the HX-2 has a reported range of up to 100 km, a top speed of 220 km/h, a 2.5 kg warhead, and terminal guidance capabilities. Germany has ordered a total of 6,000 HX-2 systems for Ukraine, with each unit reportedly costing around €17,000. So far, the HX-2 has only been publicly observed in service with the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of the Air Force. The brigade previously operated Helsing’s HF-1 system, which is based on the AQ 100 Bayonet airframe developed by Terminal Autonomy and integrated with Helsing’s software. Via ArmyTV, Military Journal #Ukraine #Helsing #Drones #MilitaryTechnology #Defense #UAV #Innovation

Drone Wars

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The first footage of the confirmed destruction of a US-supplied M142 HIMARS launcher in service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Russian military. The launcher was parked on the edge of a field and was targeted with what appeared to be a single Islander missile, which resulted in munitions cook-off of HIMARS. In later part of the video, M142 HIMARS is visibly burning. Presumably, the launcher was parked there for a longer time as the Russians were able to spot it and aim the missile.
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The first footage of the confirmed destruction of a US-supplied M142 HIMARS launcher in service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Russian military. The launcher was parked on the edge of a field and was targeted with what appeared to be a single Islander missile, which resulted in munitions cook-off of HIMARS. In later part of the video, M142 HIMARS is visibly burning. Presumably, the launcher was parked there for a longer time as the Russians were able to spot it and aim the missile.

Status-6 (War & Military News)

61,387 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Ukraine's 147th Separate Artillery Brigade conducted a series of precise HIMARS strikes as part of counter-battery operations under the 7th Quick Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces. The footage reports multiple Russian 2A65 Msta-B howitzers and a D-30 howitzer hit, along with ammunition storage sites. One strike was reported to have killed four Russian personnel, while another wounded two. #Ukraine
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Ukraine's 147th Separate Artillery Brigade conducted a series of precise HIMARS strikes as part of counter-battery operations under the 7th Quick Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces. The footage reports multiple Russian 2A65 Msta-B howitzers and a D-30 howitzer hit, along with ammunition storage sites. One strike was reported to have killed four Russian personnel, while another wounded two. #Ukraine

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

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A brief update on Skynex in #Ukraine: According to information provided by Rheinmetall CEO Papperger during today's Q3 conference call, the Skynex air defence systems supplied by Germany have now also proven themselves in the fight against Russian missiles. However, we have not yet seen any visual confirmation or received more details on the matter (I don't mean to imply that he is lying) – video footage and details of Skynex air defence systems in Ukrainian service are very rarely released and so far only shows the interception of Russian loitering munitions. Officially, Germany has so far delivered two Skynex systems to Ukraine and promised two more. Unofficially, at least one, if not both, of the promised systems should already be in service in Ukraine, as both were to be delivered by the end of 2025.
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A brief update on Skynex in #Ukraine: According to information provided by Rheinmetall CEO Papperger during today's Q3 conference call, the Skynex air defence systems supplied by Germany have now also proven themselves in the fight against Russian missiles. However, we have not yet seen any visual confirmation or received more details on the matter (I don't mean to imply that he is lying) – video footage and details of Skynex air defence systems in Ukrainian service are very rarely released and so far only shows the interception of Russian loitering munitions. Officially, Germany has so far delivered two Skynex systems to Ukraine and promised two more. Unofficially, at least one, if not both, of the promised systems should already be in service in Ukraine, as both were to be delivered by the end of 2025.

German Aid to Ukraine

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💥 Fighters from the "Raid" Battalion Destroy Rare North Korean MLRS In the Novopavlivka direction, operators from the РЕЙД | 413 полк СБС Battalion of the Unmanned Systems Forces detected and destroyed an M1991 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) produced by North Korea. The pilot struck one of the rockets on the launcher rack with a strike drone. The munition detonated, tearing through the crew cabin, and then the entire ammunition load exploded. The M1991 is a North Korean version of the Soviet 220 mm "Uragan" MLRS, but with an increased caliber of 240 mm and a strike range of up to 60 km. The presence of these systems in enemy hands was first confirmed on video in April 2025. 🇺🇦 USF: One step ahead!
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💥 Fighters from the "Raid" Battalion Destroy Rare North Korean MLRS In the Novopavlivka direction, operators from the РЕЙД | 413 полк СБС Battalion of the Unmanned Systems Forces detected and destroyed an M1991 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) produced by North Korea. The pilot struck one of the rockets on the launcher rack with a strike drone. The munition detonated, tearing through the crew cabin, and then the entire ammunition load exploded. The M1991 is a North Korean version of the Soviet 220 mm "Uragan" MLRS, but with an increased caliber of 240 mm and a strike range of up to 60 km. The presence of these systems in enemy hands was first confirmed on video in April 2025. 🇺🇦 USF: One step ahead!

🇺🇦 Unmanned Systems Forces

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⚡️🇷🇺Unedited footage of strike on HIMARS has been released. The Russian drone seems to miss a bit, but still causes the HIMARS to stop and its crew to flee. Later (not seen here) a second drone finished it off anyway. "Additional,unedited,footage of the recent Russian strike on a HIMARS system has been released. Looks like a new type of strike drone,still unnammed,has been used in this attack,quite fast. Kinda looks like a Molniya-2 but with a 🪽 🪽 V shaped wing design"
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⚡️🇷🇺Unedited footage of strike on HIMARS has been released. The Russian drone seems to miss a bit, but still causes the HIMARS to stop and its crew to flee. Later (not seen here) a second drone finished it off anyway. "Additional,unedited,footage of the recent Russian strike on a HIMARS system has been released. Looks like a new type of strike drone,still unnammed,has been used in this attack,quite fast. Kinda looks like a Molniya-2 but with a 🪽 🪽 V shaped wing design"

SIMPLICIUS Ѱ

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Further evidence that the delivery of Taurus KEPD-350 cruise missiles to Ukraine remains necessary, even in light of Ukraine’s outstanding domestic developments. Since March 2026, the AFU used Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles at least four times against high-value targets. 7th of March 2026 US-supplied ATACMS and French-supplied SCALP-EG were used to heavily damage and destroy a site near the Donetsk Airport which was used by Russia for the storage, preparation, and launch of Shaheds and similar UAVs. 10th of March 2026 British-supplied Storm Shadow were used to strike and severely damage the Kremniy El microelectronics factory in Bryansk. The factory specializes in discrete semiconductor devices and integrated microchips, which are critical parts of various Russian weapon systems like Iskander missiles. 13th of April 2026 to 14th of April 2026 French-supplied SCALP-EG and US-supplied GBU-39 were used to strike and damage OWA UAV storage facilities near the Donetsk Airport. 25th of May 2026 Today, British-supplied Storm Shadows were used to destroy an important enemy command-and-control and communications post in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region. Each of these targets could also have been damaged or destroyed using Taurus KEPD-350. Indeed, the relevance of a delivery of 50 to 100 pieces from Bundeswehr stocks has declined in recent years. However, as we can see, there are still plenty of operational scenarios in which the Taurus can and should be deployed. Since stocks of SCALP-EG and Storm Shadow are not infinite either, a delivery – as promised on several occasions by the German Chancellor – remains absolutely essential. And yes, the German government has invested several hundred million euros in various Ukrainian weapons systems, thereby funding not only the production of those systems but also their further development. These include the An-196 Liutyi, which Ukraine has been successfully deploying for quite some time against targets deep within Russian territory. It’s not as if we do nothing to make such attacks possible. We do a lot. But we could and must do more.
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Further evidence that the delivery of Taurus KEPD-350 cruise missiles to Ukraine remains necessary, even in light of Ukraine’s outstanding domestic developments. Since March 2026, the AFU used Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles at least four times against high-value targets. 7th of March 2026 US-supplied ATACMS and French-supplied SCALP-EG were used to heavily damage and destroy a site near the Donetsk Airport which was used by Russia for the storage, preparation, and launch of Shaheds and similar UAVs. 10th of March 2026 British-supplied Storm Shadow were used to strike and severely damage the Kremniy El microelectronics factory in Bryansk. The factory specializes in discrete semiconductor devices and integrated microchips, which are critical parts of various Russian weapon systems like Iskander missiles. 13th of April 2026 to 14th of April 2026 French-supplied SCALP-EG and US-supplied GBU-39 were used to strike and damage OWA UAV storage facilities near the Donetsk Airport. 25th of May 2026 Today, British-supplied Storm Shadows were used to destroy an important enemy command-and-control and communications post in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region. Each of these targets could also have been damaged or destroyed using Taurus KEPD-350. Indeed, the relevance of a delivery of 50 to 100 pieces from Bundeswehr stocks has declined in recent years. However, as we can see, there are still plenty of operational scenarios in which the Taurus can and should be deployed. Since stocks of SCALP-EG and Storm Shadow are not infinite either, a delivery – as promised on several occasions by the German Chancellor – remains absolutely essential. And yes, the German government has invested several hundred million euros in various Ukrainian weapons systems, thereby funding not only the production of those systems but also their further development. These include the An-196 Liutyi, which Ukraine has been successfully deploying for quite some time against targets deep within Russian territory. It’s not as if we do nothing to make such attacks possible. We do a lot. But we could and must do more.

German Aid to Ukraine

88,326 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi: In 2026, Ukraine has used every type of weapon—except perhaps Tomahawks, nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, and F-35 aircraft that are in NATO’s arsenal—and it has applied the doctrines for their use. Russia has found a countermeasure to all of it. It all started with HIMARS, which gave the Armed Forces of Ukraine the ability to liberate the Kherson region, whatever anyone may tell you. HIMARS liberated the Kherson region. Bohdana howitzers and French Caesars liberated Snake Island. Kherson was liberated with HIMARS. Exactly a month later, they turned into, well, a useless thing that was simply impossible to use.
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Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi: In 2026, Ukraine has used every type of weapon—except perhaps Tomahawks, nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, and F-35 aircraft that are in NATO’s arsenal—and it has applied the doctrines for their use. Russia has found a countermeasure to all of it. It all started with HIMARS, which gave the Armed Forces of Ukraine the ability to liberate the Kherson region, whatever anyone may tell you. HIMARS liberated the Kherson region. Bohdana howitzers and French Caesars liberated Snake Island. Kherson was liberated with HIMARS. Exactly a month later, they turned into, well, a useless thing that was simply impossible to use.

Clash Report

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Ukraine says it successfully intercepted several Russian ballistic missiles and drones overnight after another Russian attack on the capital. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that Ukraine had received “a few” Patriot air defence systems, but did not disclose their source. He has previously claimed that 10% of the US stockpile of Patriot systems would be enough to shoot down all Russian missiles, while 5% would help Ukraine get through the winter. Listen to Ukraine: The Latest:
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Ukraine says it successfully intercepted several Russian ballistic missiles and drones overnight after another Russian attack on the capital. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that Ukraine had received “a few” Patriot air defence systems, but did not disclose their source. He has previously claimed that 10% of the US stockpile of Patriot systems would be enough to shoot down all Russian missiles, while 5% would help Ukraine get through the winter. Listen to Ukraine: The Latest:

The Telegraph

31,019 görüntüleme • 18 gün önce

🇩🇪 Germany is launching production of 5,000 long-range drones for Ukraine A joint venture between German-American company Auterion and Ukraine’s Airlogix has already begun serial production of the strike drones. The German government order is estimated at around €300 million and is expected to be completed by mid-2027. Production is being expanded near Munich and in eastern Germany. One of the new models will be able to strike targets at distances of up to 1,500 km, while AI-powered systems are designed to help the drones overcome Russian electronic warfare. Video for illustrative purposes: Merz and Zelensky discuss a new defense package during their April meeting.
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🇩🇪 Germany is launching production of 5,000 long-range drones for Ukraine A joint venture between German-American company Auterion and Ukraine’s Airlogix has already begun serial production of the strike drones. The German government order is estimated at around €300 million and is expected to be completed by mid-2027. Production is being expanded near Munich and in eastern Germany. One of the new models will be able to strike targets at distances of up to 1,500 km, while AI-powered systems are designed to help the drones overcome Russian electronic warfare. Video for illustrative purposes: Merz and Zelensky discuss a new defense package during their April meeting.

NEXTA

53,537 görüntüleme • 11 gün önce

Russian military voices are increasingly complaining that Ukraine’s German made Helsing HX 2 loitering munition is appearing in areas once treated as safe rear zones. Those areas host logistics, depots, command routines, and air defense reload points that sustain a long war. Strikes deeper behind the line create more than physical damage. They force Russia to disperse assets, move command posts, and pull air defenses away from the front. The geometry of the war expands, and the cost of defense rises. A German linked system also adds a political layer. Moscow can frame this as the West reaching deeper into Russian territory, opening space for harsher retaliation or broader mobilization. If the trend continues, Russia faces a harder trade off: harden the rear at high cost, or accept that deep assets will be hunted routinely, with cumulative effects on the front. Stay connected, Follow Gandalv Gandalv
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Russian military voices are increasingly complaining that Ukraine’s German made Helsing HX 2 loitering munition is appearing in areas once treated as safe rear zones. Those areas host logistics, depots, command routines, and air defense reload points that sustain a long war. Strikes deeper behind the line create more than physical damage. They force Russia to disperse assets, move command posts, and pull air defenses away from the front. The geometry of the war expands, and the cost of defense rises. A German linked system also adds a political layer. Moscow can frame this as the West reaching deeper into Russian territory, opening space for harsher retaliation or broader mobilization. If the trend continues, Russia faces a harder trade off: harden the rear at high cost, or accept that deep assets will be hunted routinely, with cumulative effects on the front. Stay connected, Follow Gandalv Gandalv

Gandalv

155,163 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce

The advance of two armies and a tank division of the Russian armed forces was repelled: forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed dozens of units of equipment and a large number of occupier personnel. On July 22, the occupiers, using forces of the 8th and 41st Armies along with the 90th Tank Division, attempted an assault in the sector held by the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, involving dozens of units of armored and light vehicles. The 41st Guards Combined Arms Army and the 90th Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division of the Russian armed forces advanced from the area of the settlement of Novoekonomichne, while forces of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army simultaneously advanced from the area of the village of Vozdvyzhenka. For four hours, they attempted to enter settlements in the area of the village of Shakhove. The enemy attempted to deny the sky to Ukrainian forces using "Gerbera" and "Lancet" strike drones. A modern Russian "Tornado-S" MLRS, which was being used to support the assault, was also destroyed. Forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with attached units, blocked the path of the advancing mechanized columns. Mine-explosive obstacles were laid on the approaches to the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and bridges were damaged by tactical aviation. During the assault, the Russians attempted to restore the crossings using pontoons, but these were destroyed by tactical aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). As a result of the professional actions of all units involved under the command of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, using barrel artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and attack drones, the following were destroyed: 7 tanks, 6 armored combat vehicles, 1 BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, 1 "Tornado-S" MLRS, 3 units of special equipment, and 47 units of light vehicles. 123 occupiers were eliminated, and 29 were wounded. The mechanized assault was repelled. We thank the units of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, the SBU's "A" Special Operations Center, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Air Force of the AFU, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in particular the Main Department of Unmanned Aerial Systems "Fenix," units of the National Guard of Ukraine, and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their professional and courageous actions. Always ready to repel the enemy's assault through joint efforts!
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The advance of two armies and a tank division of the Russian armed forces was repelled: forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed dozens of units of equipment and a large number of occupier personnel. On July 22, the occupiers, using forces of the 8th and 41st Armies along with the 90th Tank Division, attempted an assault in the sector held by the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, involving dozens of units of armored and light vehicles. The 41st Guards Combined Arms Army and the 90th Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division of the Russian armed forces advanced from the area of the settlement of Novoekonomichne, while forces of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army simultaneously advanced from the area of the village of Vozdvyzhenka. For four hours, they attempted to enter settlements in the area of the village of Shakhove. The enemy attempted to deny the sky to Ukrainian forces using "Gerbera" and "Lancet" strike drones. A modern Russian "Tornado-S" MLRS, which was being used to support the assault, was also destroyed. Forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with attached units, blocked the path of the advancing mechanized columns. Mine-explosive obstacles were laid on the approaches to the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and bridges were damaged by tactical aviation. During the assault, the Russians attempted to restore the crossings using pontoons, but these were destroyed by tactical aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). As a result of the professional actions of all units involved under the command of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, using barrel artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and attack drones, the following were destroyed: 7 tanks, 6 armored combat vehicles, 1 BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, 1 "Tornado-S" MLRS, 3 units of special equipment, and 47 units of light vehicles. 123 occupiers were eliminated, and 29 were wounded. The mechanized assault was repelled. We thank the units of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, the SBU's "A" Special Operations Center, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Air Force of the AFU, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in particular the Main Department of Unmanned Aerial Systems "Fenix," units of the National Guard of Ukraine, and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their professional and courageous actions. Always ready to repel the enemy's assault through joint efforts!

First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine

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Video from the Moscow region shows plumes of smoke rising from the site of a Wildberries warehouse following an attack by Ukrainian drones on Sunday. Officials said an 83-year-old man had been killed with several others injured in the strikes. The Russian Defence Ministry said it had downed 822 Ukrainian drones throughout the country, with the provincial governer saying it was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region. Ukraine has been targeting warehouses belonging to the Russian online retailer as it accuses Wildberries of handling military goods.
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Video from the Moscow region shows plumes of smoke rising from the site of a Wildberries warehouse following an attack by Ukrainian drones on Sunday. Officials said an 83-year-old man had been killed with several others injured in the strikes. The Russian Defence Ministry said it had downed 822 Ukrainian drones throughout the country, with the provincial governer saying it was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region. Ukraine has been targeting warehouses belonging to the Russian online retailer as it accuses Wildberries of handling military goods.

Channel 4 News

32,491 görüntüleme • 29 gün önce

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: ◾️A memorandum of understanding will be signed between Germany and Ukraine on the procurement of long-range weapon systems manufactured in Ukraine, known as long-range. There will be no restrictions on their range. ◾️Germany will finance a significant portion of Ukraine's Starlink coverage. ◾️Russian strikes are a "slap in the face for all those who are fighting for a ceasefire, not only in Ukraine itself but also in Europe and the US." Thankful to the people and government of Germany for standing with Ukraine! 🇩🇪🇺🇦
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: ◾️A memorandum of understanding will be signed between Germany and Ukraine on the procurement of long-range weapon systems manufactured in Ukraine, known as long-range. There will be no restrictions on their range. ◾️Germany will finance a significant portion of Ukraine's Starlink coverage. ◾️Russian strikes are a "slap in the face for all those who are fighting for a ceasefire, not only in Ukraine itself but also in Europe and the US." Thankful to the people and government of Germany for standing with Ukraine! 🇩🇪🇺🇦

Anton Gerashchenko

251,761 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce

The German People Need to Demand Accountability I start by saying there's something very suspicious in the German government's relations with the defense industry. A while back, I talked about 30mm and 35mm ammunition costing US$1,000 each and even more. I talked about the 4x4 Caracal costing US$600,000. How is it possible for a 4x4 without armor or any weapons to cost that much? I also talked about artillery ammunition reaching prices in the range of €3,500-€4,000 and even more. All made in Germany. Now comes the serious issue of the HX-2 drones. In 2024, Germany allocated about €300 million for the purchase of 4,000 units of the initial model, the HF-1. It turns out that published reports indicate that Ukrainian military considered the HF-1 expensive and ineffective compared to other solutions available in the field. The drone was built from plywood, which generated criticism about its durability and resistance in real combat environments. About 40% of the delivered units remained in stock unused at the end of 2025, signaling a low adoption rate by combat units due to the reported problems, one of them being the absence of AI. Although marketed as "intelligent," documents indicate that essential AI components for navigation and autonomous attack were missing in the delivered models. This fact alone should have triggered an investigation in Germany, but that's not what happened. The solution was to convert half of that contract to the more advanced model, HX-2. The result was the same or even worse. Although the company claims to have conducted tests in three countries, the results suggest at least fraud. In Ukraine, only about 25% of the drones managed to take off successfully due to mechanical failures in the launch catapult. This has nothing to do with battlefield interferences, but rather with the low quality of the delivered product, and it didn't stop there. Although designed to be immune to interferences, the drones suffered from Russian jamming, which resulted in frequent loss of connection with the operator. And the most serious is that another problem repeated itself, with the delivered HX-2 lacking essential promised Artificial Intelligence components, such as autonomous terminal guidance and visual target acquisition. All this resulted in a hit rate of about 1/3 of the launched drones. The German government still plans a direct contract of approximately €267.7 million to equip its new brigade in Lithuania with drones HX-2. I imagine that, given the current scandal, this will be interrupted. There's something very strange going on in the relations between the German government and the defense industry. I'm talking about many billions invested in a strange way and that people need to demand more transparency.
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The German People Need to Demand Accountability I start by saying there's something very suspicious in the German government's relations with the defense industry. A while back, I talked about 30mm and 35mm ammunition costing US$1,000 each and even more. I talked about the 4x4 Caracal costing US$600,000. How is it possible for a 4x4 without armor or any weapons to cost that much? I also talked about artillery ammunition reaching prices in the range of €3,500-€4,000 and even more. All made in Germany. Now comes the serious issue of the HX-2 drones. In 2024, Germany allocated about €300 million for the purchase of 4,000 units of the initial model, the HF-1. It turns out that published reports indicate that Ukrainian military considered the HF-1 expensive and ineffective compared to other solutions available in the field. The drone was built from plywood, which generated criticism about its durability and resistance in real combat environments. About 40% of the delivered units remained in stock unused at the end of 2025, signaling a low adoption rate by combat units due to the reported problems, one of them being the absence of AI. Although marketed as "intelligent," documents indicate that essential AI components for navigation and autonomous attack were missing in the delivered models. This fact alone should have triggered an investigation in Germany, but that's not what happened. The solution was to convert half of that contract to the more advanced model, HX-2. The result was the same or even worse. Although the company claims to have conducted tests in three countries, the results suggest at least fraud. In Ukraine, only about 25% of the drones managed to take off successfully due to mechanical failures in the launch catapult. This has nothing to do with battlefield interferences, but rather with the low quality of the delivered product, and it didn't stop there. Although designed to be immune to interferences, the drones suffered from Russian jamming, which resulted in frequent loss of connection with the operator. And the most serious is that another problem repeated itself, with the delivered HX-2 lacking essential promised Artificial Intelligence components, such as autonomous terminal guidance and visual target acquisition. All this resulted in a hit rate of about 1/3 of the launched drones. The German government still plans a direct contract of approximately €267.7 million to equip its new brigade in Lithuania with drones HX-2. I imagine that, given the current scandal, this will be interrupted. There's something very strange going on in the relations between the German government and the defense industry. I'm talking about many billions invested in a strange way and that people need to demand more transparency.

Patricia Marins

23,210 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce