According to him, UAVs solve many problems that were previously impossible to solve except with the help of front-line or strategic attack aircraft, but now they solve them - and very successfully.
“Cheap and cheerful, and very effective. Well, in other areas it is a very important area of activity,” Putin noted.
Earlier, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov, during a meeting of the presidium of the government commission for the development of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry, said that the plan for the production of drones in Russia, drawn up for 2024, requires prompt revision.