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@SuperStarcomedy Let’s hope their amazing customers don’t start flying Delta!
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@AsianDawn4 Yes but let’s see where their awesome customers start flying….. God I hope not Delta.
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@Ken_LoveTW Great read! Is there any citations to the components Ukraine is using, along with how the tide is turning toward Ukraine making gains via drones?
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Putin confirms: “Chinese drones can't fight in a war!”
On the Russia–Ukraine battlefield, the momentum is beginning to shift. Ukraine is no longer just defending. It is starting to push back. And a big part of that shift comes down to one factor: drones.
But numbers alone don’t explain it. Russia also deploys drones at scale. So why does Ukraine appear to have the edge? The answer lies in what powers those systems.
Some of Ukraine’s newer drones, such as the so-called “Hornet” or “Martian” models, are equipped with advanced chips from NVIDIA, manufactured by TSMC. These aren’t just remotely controlled machines. Increasingly, they operate with autonomous AI.
That changes everything. These drones can identify, track, and strike targets with minimal human input. What once belonged to science fiction is now part of real combat.
And this is where Taiwan enters the picture.
It’s not just Ukraine relying on Taiwanese technology. Russia, despite sanctions, is also trying to access similar components, often through indirect channels. That alone tells you how critical these technologies have become.
At its core, a modern drone is a system of four essential elements. A “brain,” the processor that runs everything. “Eyes,” powered by AI for visual and thermal recognition. Communication systems, enabling coordination and data transfer. And flight control systems, ensuring stability and execution.
Across all four layers, Taiwanese companies play a central role.
When analysts dissect captured Russian drones and missiles, they frequently find key electronic components, especially communication modules and advanced semiconductors, linked back to Taiwan’s supply chain. Materials like silicon carbide and gallium nitride further enhance performance, particularly in high-stress environments.
The battlefield is now revealing what works.
Ukraine’s use of high-performance, AI-enabled systems has proven effective under real combat conditions. By contrast, many mass-produced commercial drones, including some widely used Chinese models, struggle in warfare environments. They are more vulnerable to electronic interference and often lack the reliability and autonomy required in contested conditions.
This reflects a deeper industrial difference.
China excels at scale and cost efficiency. Taiwan specializes in precision, customization, and high-performance engineering. One prioritizes volume. The other prioritizes capability.
In modern warfare, that distinction is becoming decisive.
Even within China, there are growing discussions about the limitations of certain military platforms, including concerns over design efficiency and operational effectiveness in newer systems like the Fujian aircraft carrier. These debates hint at a broader issue: advanced hardware alone is not enough if integration and execution fall short.
Ultimately, war is not decided by how systems look on paper. It is decided by whether they function under pressure.

Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle@Ken_LoveTW
Taiwan Is Crushing China Economically. Here’s Why. China called itself an “economic miracle.” But while Beijing’s model collapses under debt, censorship, and control, Taiwan quietly became the real miracle. In this video, I break down why Taiwan’s democracy outperformed China’s dictatorship: – 5.1% GDP growth vs China’s slowdown – A $4 trillion stock market, now 7th largest in the world – Clean, ethical capitalism built on trust, not theft – Freedom that fuels innovation instead of fear
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@zerohedge Great, now let’s see if their shitty equipment can actually do something about it.
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Chinese Firm Claims It Tracked US Jets Over Iran During Operation Epic Fury zerohedge.com/political/chin…
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@Rothmus Their navigation is almost as bad as their military hardware. #FucktheCCP #suckonthatlumpia
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Some Americans are so filled with hatred for Trump and their own country that they actually desperately want to believe Iran has won. They'll side with anyone that's a US adversary. I dread what this means for further confrontation between the US and China.
As of right now, the US has achieved a stunning victory in Iran. While the Iranian regime was forced to use children as meat shields, the US was able to..
-reopen the Strait of Hormuz
-destroy Iran's medium range medium-range missiles
-end Iran's chances of getting a nuke
-show the US military is so powerful, it can construct an ad hoc base deep within a country the US is actively at war with to retrieve downed personnel
-murder basically the entire Iranian leadership
This isn't about praising or condemning Trump. It's about being so demoralized you actually want your own country to lose, because you've lived such a privileged life you can't even imagine what it would be like if the US is defeated.
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@igorsushko What payload does that small thing carry to do such damage? Amazing!
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