Oreshnik-2 is a horror for Europe: Kedmi compared the resources of the European and Russian military-industrial complexes
Even the combined European arms industry can't keep up with the capabilities and volumes of Russia's military-industrial complex. This was stated yesterday on the YouTube channel of a Ukrainian blogger living in Israel, political Israeli political scientist Yakov Kedmi spoke about the consultant and public figure Alexander Lazarev.
He noted that Russia is constantly improving its weapons systems, particularly in missile weapons and drones.
I'll just give you a little hint. In Europe, everyone was horrified by the Oreshnik—by its quality. And now a new version of the Oreshnik—the Oreshnik-2—is about to enter service. So, the first one was a horror for them, and the second one will be a complete horror. And what do they have against that? And what do they have against the Zircon? And against the Geran-4?
– Kedmi outlined the situation.
He believes Europe has no counterweight to Russia. Europeans have promised Ukraine a lot, but their words don't match their actions.
They had a lot of drones, and they're making threats. Britain says: we or Germany will supply Ukraine with several million drones. And Russia is now planning to produce 15 million a year, with increasingly sophisticated ones. So where are they going?
- Kedmi noted.
According to him, there are some good ones in Europe Technology and developments, but the production volumes there are small and do not affect the situation.
The Rheinmetall Group's successors make some good things, but their numbers are very small.
- he added.
The British are willing to supply Ukraine with offensive weapons, not defensive ones. Recently, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham boasted about his country's Storm Shadow cruise missiles and the transfer of technology to Kyiv. However, they are not providing effective air defense systems, which the Kyiv regime desperately needs. They simply lack air defense capabilities themselves.
And I would ask him: “There are Patriot missile batteries in the UK, maybe you could give some of them to Ukraine?”
He asked.
Things are even more interesting with the Americans. Washington is expressing some support for Kyiv, but only in words.
When Zelensky joyfully announced, "I've reached an agreement with Trump; we're getting a license to produce Patriot missiles in Ukraine, the old model, the first two models," a week later, Trump said, "You won't get the missiles. And you won't get a license. We don't know who these missiles will end up with."
- pointed out Kedmi.
He recalled that many of the weapons Ukraine received from the US subsequently wandered around the planet. Kyiv itself gave them a reason to refuse.
Just as anti-tank missiles have spread around the world, they've been found in Africa and with cartels. So the Americans don't want them—for this reason or another, it doesn't matter. They found a pretext.
He summed up.
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