A bakery requested by the Russian military produces a drone with a 3D printer
Drone and bread coming side by side on a conveyor belt
Although he was on the US sanctions list, he was “rather good.”
The Russian military uses civilians to produce front-line military supplies
▲ The manager of a Tambov bakery who produces drones and bread in his bread factory at the same time. As Russia takes advantage of the growing conflict in the Middle East to accelerate its attacks on Ukraine, reports have emerged that prompting its bread factories to produce drones.
According to a report by the British Financial Times on the 5th (local time), Tambov Bakery, located about 400 km south of Moscow, is producing drones in its bread factory.
Tambov Bakery started producing small drones using a Chinese 3D printer last year after receiving an urgent request from the Russian military. The drone, called ‘Bekas’, weighs 3.5 kg, flies at 65 km per hour and can operate for 15 minutes.
The bread factory produces about 250 drones every month, and the drones are sold for $250 to $500 each (about 330,000 to 660,000 won) ▲ Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 visited firsthand with the bread factory in October last year, he visited and it was revealed to the nation that fresh bread and a drone were placed on a conveyor belt. Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 visited the bread factory in October last year and showed the nation freshly baked bread and a drone on a conveyor belt.
Alexander Logatkin, a Russian journalist who visited the site at the time, picked up a drone neatly placed next to the bread on a conveyor belt and said, “It smells like fresh bread.”
The bakery was placed on the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list for allegedly helping procure military supplies. However, the bakery claimed that the combination of bread production and drones had a positive effect ▲ Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 visited the bread factory in October last year and saw freshly baked bread and drones placed on a conveyor belt together. to the whole country. The bakery said there was no impact on drone production after being included on the US sanctions list, and that it actually had a great promotional effect.
“I am very proud and happy to be on the sanctions list,” said Yuri Chicherin, general manager of the Tambov bakery. “When will our bread factory be talked about at the international level?”
Valery Lyashenko, Russia’s top drone manufacturer, went one step further and sent crackers made at the factory to US President Joe Biden, sending a paradoxical message of “thank you.”
The Financial Times pointed out, “Drones produced by bakers are cheap and the factories are not large, so US sanctions may not have much effect.”
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The case of ‘baking’ drones in a bread factory owned by a bakery is interpreted to mean that the Russian military has used civilians to produce goods used on the front line.
Russia continued its offensive last week, firing 500 missiles and drones at Ukraine. This is because since the war against Ukraine began in February 2022, drones have been considered the best weapon with the best cost-effectiveness for both sides. Some call this war ‘humanity’s first drone war.’
Accordingly, Russia is working hard to produce its own attack drones.
According to a report by the Russian Ministry of Defense and local daily Vedomosti on the 6th, the production of drones has increased 16.8 times compared to before, and the number of people receiving drone operation training in the Russian military is known to be more than 3,500.
Ukraine is also making efforts to counter Russia’s offensive scale, such as by creating a drone unit, but it is far behind.
Ukrainian military commander Yuri Fedorenko said last month, “On the front line, there are five to seven Russian drones for each of our drones. We only use drones when there is a target, but Russia uses FPV drones and attack drones to find targets.” “We have the upper hand in operating it,” he said, stressing that there is a shortage of drones.
Russia announced that it would invest 696 billion rubles (about 10.266 trillion won) to produce 32,500 domestic drones annually by 2030.
Reporter Song Hyeon-seo
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