Bro, listen up to what one of my boys from the Ministry of National Defense told me. He says we managed to shoot down a drone in Estonia, but in Romania, on the banks of the Danube, we watch them fly and do nothing. No joke! General Gheorghe Maxim, the one from the Joint Forces Command, explained how it went down: in Estonia, the drone stayed in the surveillance zone for 26 minutes, and our guys approached from below and fired from underneath, to avoid any risk. You get it? They had time, they set up nicely, and they executed. At home, Russian drones come and go like it's their own backyard, and we stare at them like a cat watching a calendar.
Now, why don't we shoot them down? Well, supposedly we don't have enough means. F-16s and Eurofighters are too fast and expensive for this kind of mission, and air-to-air missiles cost as much as a luxury car. I mean, you spend a million euros to shoot down a $5,000 drone? I don't know, bro, but it seems like we're messing around. The Merops system, made by Project Eagle, they tested it at Capu Midia in front of Minister Radu Miruță, and guess what? It missed the drone! The minister had the nerve to say that Merops can counter threats along the Danube. But I say he should have kept his mouth shut.
The Gepard guns are good, but we only have 36 and they're scattered around Poland, Turda, and Focșani. Ammo for them won't arrive until 2027. So what do we do until then? Pray? The Patriot systems can do it, but the missiles are hard to find and expensive. We bought 162 Chiron missiles from South Korea, supposedly with a 90% success rate in tests, and we signed for Mistral and Spyder from Israel. We also got eight ReDrone systems from Elbit Systems. But in the meantime, Russian drones are screwing us over.
In Ukraine, you see how simple it is: interceptor drones with AI, pickup trucks with machine guns, and light Antonov aircraft. We want to invest 200 million euros in drone production with Ukraine, but we missed the May 31 deadline. So we're late on that too. Meanwhile, Sweden is giving 16 Gripens to Ukraine, the first ones in 2027, and Zelensky says he'll get them in 10 months. Who the hell knows who's right.
I don't know, bro, but it seems to me we're making fools of ourselves. We have skilled people, but we don't let them do anything. Until then, I'm going to Fane's terrace to drink a beer and discuss with Gică Dinamovistul what Russia has been up to around here.
