Leaked: Hungary to buy kamikaze drones for €250 million?

According to the latest quarterly report from German company Rheinmetall, Hungary is well on the way to buying kamikaze drones from them for huge sums.

Hungary on the report of Rheinmetall

HTKA has noticed that Hungary is also on the list of countries that are negotiating potential arms sales agreements with Rheinmetall. According to Portfolio, German company Rheinmetall is perhaps the Hungarian government’s most important partner in the defence industry at the moment.

The company has started to set up several production facilities in Hungary where it plans to manufacture weapon systems, partly for the defence sector and partly for export.

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Quarterly report

Rheinmetall has recently published its quarterly report, in which it gives an account of potential arms sales agreements that are being seriously negotiated with governments in some partner countries.

The list includes Hungary where they mention that they see

potential revenue of around €250 million from the sale of what is commonly known as kamikaze/suicide drones (loitering munitions).