Ukraine Builds $6,000 Propeller Drone That Beats F1 Cars and Trains—Take That, Elon
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- •Ukraine's digital transformation minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, revealed its interceptor drone reached 400 km/h, faster than Formula 1 cars, on Tuesday.
- •The drone uses a motor made by Motor-G, a member of the Ukrainian defense platform Brave1UA, and costs under $6,000 each.
- •This speed surge counters Russia’s development of jet-powered Shahed drones, which reportedly reach 230 mph and threaten Ukraine’s air defense.
Ukraine just pulled a tech flex worthy of a Bond villain: a $6K interceptor drone with propellers—not jets—that zoomed through Donetsk skies at 400 km/h (248.5 mph), leaving 2016 F1 speed record-holder Valtteri Bottas eating its drone-dust. Mykhailo Fedorov, Kyiv's digital wizard, bragged about Motor-G producing 100,000 drone motors a month, a feat 'impossible' two years ago. These speedy, cheap murder-machines are direct counters to Russia’s jet-powered Shahed drones flying at 230 mph, because apparently, the Ukraine-Russia drone race has become the world’s most ruthless teenage street drag. Extra points for using propellers like it’s 1950 but winning 2050’s drone Olympics.
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Congrats Ukraine, for turning $6,000 propeller drones into battlefield F1 racers that mock Russia’s jet Shaheds—it’s like watching a lawn mower lap a Tesla.
When your budget drone outspeeds a Formula 1 car but still spins a propeller, you’ve basically invented war’s ultimate leaf blower.
Forget rockets and jets, Ukraine’s drones scream 'I’m too cheap and too fast for your fancy Shaheds' with propeller pride.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/17/2025 | Author: Matthew Loh
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