As the war continues in Ukraine, China-produced traversal machines have proven to be game-changers. At a time when the West is accusing China of helping Russia restore its defense industry and imposing sanctions on several Chinese companies, the United Kingdom, a "-stirring stick" country, has publicly announced that it will purchase Chinese drones to assist Ukraine, which can be said to be meaningful.
We all know that the United Kingdom is a follower of the United States in terms of diplomatic and security strategy, and the United States has always refused to purchase Chinese-made commercial drones for military aid to Ukraine. In other words, the U.S. Department of Defense prioritizes the procurement of drone aid from U.S. companies to Ukraine, aiming to ensure that the drones used by the U.S. military can help the U.S. drone industry, stimulate innovation, and avoid the security risks of drone use data. And British officials recently openly told reporters that Britain is open to the idea of providing Ukraine with Chinese-made drone components, a concept that reflects Ukrainian pragmatism. Almost at the same time, the Ukrainian army is throwing drones produced by American companies into the garbage heap, because these drones, which are more than ten times more expensive, have proven to be useless on the battlefield.
After the Western military aid to Ukraine was limited in production capacity, an unprecedented drone procurement war began. First, Britain and Latvia announced that they would spend $252 million to purchase a crossing plane for Ukraine. Not to be outdone, the Russians urged arms manufacturers to step up their actions and provide enough traversal aircraft for front-line troops, also from China.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmygal said: "Ukraine has purchased a Chinese-made civilian drone, which accounts for 60% of global production", although China has banned exports to the Ukrainian army and the Russian army. By the beginning of March, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine changed the past practice of donating drones by the West, and directly arranged a budget of about 562.5 million yuan in the procurement system of the Ministry of Defense for the purchase of 20,000 Chinese civilian drones, and the delivery cycle ended on May 31.
On the occasion of British Defense Secretary Shapps' visit to Kyiv, the British side announced that it would increase the budget for assisting Ukrainian drones to $416 million, and the main purchase was Ukraine-made traversal aircraft. What does the UK want to do from secretly purchasing Chinese commercial drones to aid Ukraine, and now it is blatantly carrying out it? There are several reasons for this: first, it fully demonstrates the essence of the "-stirring stick", which is nothing more than a wedge between China and Russia; The second is that the British have no desire to support the domestic drone industry, and the biggest political correctness is that "Ukraine will win", and the Americans want to keep the funds for Ukraine in the United States as much as possible, so it is difficult for the two sides to reach agreement on this matter; Third, China's commercial drones have shaped the "law of true fragrance", and the West is competing with Russia for China's commercial drone production capacity after lagging behind in ammunition production capacity, and it is listed as a priority project.
And how should China deal with the "true love" of the British? It's really hard to limit. We have repeatedly said that the greatest interest of China's drone industry is to have indisputable competitiveness, and whether Western countries and Russia will eventually use these drones in war, that is really not something we should care. The incident also reminded China that if the West pressurized China's trade with Russia for dual-use goods, China could also threaten quotas on China's commercial drone exports, depending on who panicked in the end. Overall, China must not only ensure the advantages of the commercial drone industry, but also slowly learn to use such advantages, and then tear off the fig leaf of the West's double-standard play on the Ukraine crisis.