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Jake Epstein: 作为一名国防记者，我亲身前往乌克兰基辅，目睹了乌克兰无人机生产的实际情况。我参观的无人机生产点隐藏在普通建筑中，很难想象这些地方正在制造用于前线作战的武器。这些生产线虽然看起来很随意，但实际上经过了精心设计和计算。在战争初期，乌克兰面临着炮弹短缺和导弹成本高昂的问题，因此，他们将重点放在无人机生产上，特别是小型FPV无人机。这些无人机成本低廉，可以大量生产，并能有效地打击敌方目标。乌克兰国防工业自2014年以来不断扩大规模，并逐渐实现了自给自足。尽管美国和其他西方国家提供了一些武器，但乌克兰仍然需要依靠自己的力量来生产无人机，以应对俄罗斯的军事威胁。目前，乌克兰的无人机产业规模庞大，已经超过了俄罗斯的无人机产量。乌克兰国防部是最大的买家，并投入了大量资金用于无人机生产。乌克兰的无人机战争不仅影响了乌克兰和俄罗斯之间的冲突，也引起了世界各国军队的关注。各国都在借鉴乌克兰的经验，改进战术和训练，并加强反无人机能力。无人机的使用使战场上的机动变得更加困难，降低了精确打击能力的门槛，并使藏匿变得不可能。无人机技术的快速发展才刚刚开始，无人机正在迅速变得更加强大和致命。武器从人类手中转移到机器手中是一个可怕的想法，而且发展速度非常快，乌克兰和俄罗斯之间就像一场猫捉老鼠的游戏，双方都在竞相赶超，以获得优势。战争技术的创新速度非常快，无人机战争的发展方向尚不明确，并且不断涌现出新的创新。

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The war in Ukraine started with artillery shortages, leading to the adoption of cheap, commercially available drones as a cost-effective solution. This led to the growth of Ukraine's domestic drone production industry in response to the limitations of Western weaponry.
  • Ukraine faced artillery shell shortages
  • FPV drones became a cost-effective alternative
  • Ukraine scaled up its drone production
  • Homemade drones mimicked Western missiles

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The war between Ukraine and Russia is being fought increasingly via drone —and NATO and US military leadership is training troops for future conflicts that will pit man against machine.

Guest: Jake Epstein), senior defense reporter for Business Insider.

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