Ukrainian Arms Company Offers $1M for Capture of Working Russian Aircraft

[Rogue Valley]

Ukrainian Arms Company Offers $1M for Capture of Working Russian Aircraft

3.8.22
A Ukrainian defense industry manufacturer wants to give anybody who captures a Russian military aircraft $1 million U.S. In a translated statement published on its Facebook page on Tuesday, defense manufacturer Ukroboronprom announced that it will give bonuses to those who retrieve "stolen combat aviation equipment of the occupiers." The post says that it will offer $500,000 for a captured military helicopter and $1 million for a fighter plane. In order for the bonuses to be received, the equipment must be in working condition. Ukroboronprom also encouraged Russian soldiers who want to defect to send their equipment to be offered Ukrainian citizenship.

Ukroboronprom also offered Russian soldiers financial incentives to give up the fight and their working weapons. "To use this opportunity, you need to surrender to Ukrainian authorities along with the military hardware," the company wrote on its website. "You and your family may become wealthy people, no longer obliged to carry out criminal orders. You can become free and rich. To reach Ukrainian dispatchers, you already know the frequencies."

No doubt what they are after is advanced Russian avionics.

Ukroboronprom is the state weapons company which had roughly 100 different Ukrainian defense contractors in its portfolio. It was alleged that Poroshenko's son was involved in corruption at Ukroboronprom. As a result, Parliament ordered that this massive company be broken up into individual privately owned/run companies. I'm not sure where this process of divestment is at right now.

 

[Chomsky]

Ukrainian Arms Company Offers $1M for Capture of Working Russian Aircraft

No doubt what they are after is advanced Russian avionics.

Ukroboronprom is the state weapons company which had roughly 100 different Ukrainian defense contractors in its portfolio. It was alleged that Poroshenko's son was involved in corruption at Ukroboronprom. As a result, Parliament ordered that this massive company be broken up into individual privately owned/run companies. I'm not sure where this process of divestment is at right now.

Hah! @maxparrish recently had this very idea, and several us were discussing it! Little did we know it would become a reality.

I can't say if this will work for planes, but I think it's a great idea to attempt to assimilate other Russian armaments, supplies, and communications equipment.

As someone quipped in the other thread,

"If Russians know anything, it's graft, bribery, and corruption".