Lithuania is considering launching the production of naval drones according to the “1+1” scheme — one for itself, one for Ukraine. The country is interested in Magura drones
Lithuania is considering launching the production of naval drones according to the “1+1” scheme — one for itself, one for Ukraine. The country is interested in Magura drones.
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry is interested in Ukrainian surface attack drones, missile drones and other weapons.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė told: “In my opinion, Magura is a wonderful military product,”
To this end, the launch of joint production of certain types of weapons in Lithuania is being considered, using the “1+1” principle. According to this principle, Lithuania will pay for the production and transfer half of the manufactured weapons to Ukraine.
“That is, we pay for the production of two weapons, one of which is transferred to Ukraine, and the other remains in Lithuania, but we pay for both,” the minister explained.
Lithuania recently allocated 20 million euros to finance individual projects of the Ukrainian defense industry.
“And we believe that cooperation in certain areas related to missile drones, naval drones and other technologies is really very promising,” Dovilė Šakalienė noted.
A few years ago, it was difficult to imagine that small unmanned aerial vehicles would be able to withstand large warships. But the war in Ukraine proved that size does not always matter.
Ukrainian Magura naval drones have already proven themselves well on the battlefield in the Black Sea and have forced the Russian Black Sea Fleet to stay in ports. Recently, one of the drones even managed to shoot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet. To do this, Ukrainian engineers equipped the naval drone with American AIM-9 missiles.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė told: “In my opinion, Magura is a wonderful military product,”
To this end, the launch of joint production of certain types of weapons in Lithuania is being considered, using the “1+1” principle. According to this principle, Lithuania will pay for the production and transfer half of the manufactured weapons to Ukraine.
“That is, we pay for the production of two weapons, one of which is transferred to Ukraine, and the other remains in Lithuania, but we pay for both,” the minister explained.
Lithuania recently allocated 20 million euros to finance individual projects of the Ukrainian defense industry.
“And we believe that cooperation in certain areas related to missile drones, naval drones and other technologies is really very promising,” Dovilė Šakalienė noted.
A few years ago, it was difficult to imagine that small unmanned aerial vehicles would be able to withstand large warships. But the war in Ukraine proved that size does not always matter.
Ukrainian Magura naval drones have already proven themselves well on the battlefield in the Black Sea and have forced the Russian Black Sea Fleet to stay in ports. Recently, one of the drones even managed to shoot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet. To do this, Ukrainian engineers equipped the naval drone with American AIM-9 missiles.
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