SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – The Chinese e-commerce portal is offering the latest “unmanned” systems for sale.
By Gianluca Di Feo (la Repubblica)
Want to get your hands on some of the most innovative and devastating instruments being developed in today’s conflicts? Like a maritime attack drone similar to the one Ukrainian forces used to destroy the Russian fleet in Black Sea ? Or a remote controlled boat identical to those used by the Yemeni Houthis to sink merchant ships in the Red Sea? Or perhaps you would be interested in a crawler robot equipped with a machine gun? No need to resort to traffickers or organize smuggling operations: just a few clicks on Alibaba to acquire drones, robots and other technological gems of destruction.
In fact, the Chinese online sales portal allows you to purchase all the systems unmanned — unmanned — used in current conflicts. Apart from explosives and weapons, the majority of other equipment…
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