The chapter explores how Ukrainian entrepreneurs and tech workers, including a woman named Luba, have mobilized to create low-cost drones for military use in supporting Ukraine during the war with Russia. It delves into the shift from traditional weapons manufacturing to innovative drone production in the face of funding gaps and delays in receiving Western weapons, highlighting the emergence of a volunteer community and the transformation of battle tactics in the conflict.
A growing number of Ukrainian entrepreneurs, engineers and tech workers are joining the war effort against Russia, making and delivering a key tool: drones. They’re low-cost, high-impact and can do everything from transporting supplies to dropping bombs across enemy lines.
On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Technology editor Jake Rudnitsky talks with host Sarah Holder about the burgeoning cottage industry that’s transforming the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war – and what the shift to drone warfare could mean for conflicts around the world.
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