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    Die Ukraine rügt Rheinmetall wegen der Drohnen-Beleidigung des Vorstandsvorsitzenden „mit Legos spielen“.


    Die Ukraine rügt Rheinmetall wegen der Drohnen-Beleidigung des Vorstandsvorsitzenden „mit Legos spielen“.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/rheinmetall-ukraine-drone-insult-armin-papperger/

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    1. deeptut on

      Boomer (born 1963) unable to keep up with reality, time to retire.

      (I’m 53 myself)

    2. PhilLynottIsKing on

      „“It’s Ukrainian housewives,” he said. “They have 3-D printers in the kitchen, and they produce parts for drones … This is not innovation.”“

      This is an big insult from man who has not seen a war, let alone fought in a war, and saying „housewives“ he does not know or undertand how much these brave Ukrainian women are a part of Ukr military in many ways.

      If these unbelievable drones are not innovation, what are they? Is he bitter because he understands Ukrainians are more clever and innovative than he but can’t admit it?

    3. Mikewold58 on

      Shocker. The military industrial complex hates the idea of cheap effective solutions that threaten their absurdly expensive „innovations“

    4. No-Search3018 on

      This is not a question of being offensive. This is a question of stunning ignorance.

      How can an invading power occupy a country when the key means of defense for that country is efective and can be made in anybody’s living room???

      The Shaahed can be built in any/every machine shop in Iran. USA is worried

      This man should be removed as CEO since he seems to be living in the past

    5. Mobile_Macaron_3951 on

      i mean…. invite them to do something more effective at same price.

    6. NationalBrilliant215 on

      Wow, what an asshole.

      Ukraine is fighting for its existence, not some showboat war to shoot fancy high-tech rockets or whatever the fuck he thinks war should be. He criticizes the fact that even housewives are contributing in a concrete and very useful way. This country is fighting with all they have, and there comes some boomer CEO playing it down.

      This only shows this old man is detached from reality and delusional.

    7. propagationknowledge on

      A competent CEO would be looking to partner with the innovators in the sector.

    8. stairs_3730 on

      Then “It’s Ukrainian housewives,” who are kicking the crap out of the allegedly 2nd most powerful military. You know… the ones that said they would take Kyiv in 3 days…4 years later.

    9. Terry__Cox on

      If he said „Lego’s“ instead of Lego, he deserves everything that’s coming his way.

    11. South_Hat3525 on

      Papperger contended that Ukraine’s systems aren’t as sophisticated as the products of major Western defense firms. “This is not the technology of Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, or Rheinmetall,”

      Which is sort of true, they aren’t as sophisticated but they are 100 to 1K times more cost effective because of that. The problem with Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics is that they spend 10K making a part deliberately unserviceable without the unique 20K tool to open it for servicing so that the US army will send it back to the factory rather than try to field service. Its the same as an F15 needing a fully equipped hanger but the Gripen can be service by a mechanic with a small tool chest by the side of a highway.

    12. Nice_Chair_2474 on

      He is just mad their drones are taking years to develop somehow and they are losing customers to everyone else.

    14. jesss46 on

      I’ll take a swarm of Ukrainian drones over any outdated multi-million dollar trash that this boomer is trying to sell you. Modern combat experiences -vs- some old fart who watches WW2 movies all day.

    15. BoysenberryMoist6157 on

      It is the same tune about Germany’s car manufacturing, they are afraid of cheaper and better Chinese EVs instead of adapting to the market themselves.

    16. Zeekeboy on

      Reminds me of the French Generals in WW2 who thought trench warfare and static defense was still a thing.

    17. Personal-Estate6687 on

      War changes, production methods change as well. MP40, MG42, Sherman. Way cheaper, easier and faster to produce, way more simpliefied. To a point, where Sten guns could be build nearly everywhere. And it worked, which proves the point, doesn’t it?

    18. hypercomms2001 on

      Of course, the German CEO has to be called “Armin”….. did they choose him for his first name?

    19. Tenchiro on

      Executives are generally thought of as terrible human beings, but it’s nice of them to keep reminding us

      Ukraine has completely changed the game when it comes to war and has shown the world how vulnerable traditional military equipment actually is. He knows cheap drones are going to innovate people like him out of their jobs.

    22. Responsible_Oil501 on

      Rheinmetall is mostly about armor and gun tech. Too traditionalist to even conceive of interceptor drones. Not enough engineering for their liking.

    24. ImaginaryScore5323 on

      As a German I feels ashamed of the Rheinmetall ceo. The Ukraine is doing a Great job inventing and adepting drone warfare

    25. Particular_Jello_917 on

      During WWII housewives on kitchen tables and old men in sheds made parts for Spitfires.

      It was how we won the Battle of Britain against the likes of his grandfather.

    27. twoodygoodshoes on

      Yeah, come under attack right now motherfucker and see how you would like them then. More money than god but reality isn’t in the fucking room with him

    28. SNAFU-FUBR on

      The ruZZians are not making fun of Ukraine’s drone innovations. Neither should anyone from Germany, especially not one of their leading CEOs. Ukraine’s LEGOs might save Germany’s ass in a few years, when RuZzia rearms and decides to „reclaim“ previously occupied land of such an EU nation that shows complacency or smugness at their superiority.

    29. YippieSkippy1000 on

      Ukraine makes something like 50,000 FPV drones a month and hits thousands of Z troops and other targets with them. Imagine needing to purchase 50,000 Hellfires or Excaliburs per month (if that many could even be built) not even getting into cost of launch or target marking systems for them

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