Don’t you see? This is just another case of Chinese aid to Russia, not at all a result of having no military industry for sensitive electronics.
There’s option C: Graft. Buy the Baofeng radio for 3000 roubles, rebadge and sell on a state contract for 300,000. Probably works well as long as nobody is comparison shopping defence contracts on AliExpress.
I hope that actually becomes a trend. “Peru was going to buy the F-35 but instead chose the FOR J-20 TOP EXPORT QUALITY WAR BOMBER FIGHTER PLANE NEW 2023 MODEL CUTE MEN WOMEN CHILD GIFT” The $12.99 price and included USB cable was a deal Boeing simply couldn’t beat.
Pedantic correction, but the F-35 was developed by Lockheed Martin; it was a direct competitor to Boeing’s X-32.
The idea of anything from Russia being high tech should already be a red flag for any potential buyer.
Banggood.
Huh. 🫥
Wait, what? Russians copying Chinese culture by ignoring all intellectual property rights and trademarks and somehow enshrining their exclusive right to industrial espionage without repercussions as a human right? Naw man naw this is Vognor Tactical Super Shock 2024. Lanyard is free gift.
If by “ignoring intellectual property rights,” you mean “bulk buying them from China and slapping a Russian label on them,” then yes.
Lol there isn’t any IP behind baofeng radios. They are as basic bitch NBFM as NBFM can get. Pretty ok for skiing trips though, or pissing off your local HAM club because they are so shitty that the power envelope will take out the entire VHF band if you ping the repeater.
As a new ham, this info might save my life.
Good nerd snipe if intentional but “ham radio” (amateur radio) is not “HAM radio”. “Ham radio” shows up when it’s at the start of a sentence but otherwise there’s no need to add caps to a slang term.
Wait until you hear about Beats By Dre!