RTS disinforms about Kosovo: Drone Production in the realm of marketing and 3D Design

The opening of a drone factory in Kosovo has sparked a series of reactions in the serbian media. The portal of the Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS) has published a text in which it disinforms that the factory opening in Gjilan is a “marketing deception” by the incumbent Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and that the flying devices presented are only models, not real drones.

Final assessment: Unsupported / Manipulative claim.

What RTS writes:

“While Albin Kurti boasts that sophisticated flying devices with a range of up to 20 kilometers will be produced and sold there, analysts emphasize that at the moment the entire story of ‘made in Kosovo’ drones is in the realm of marketing and 3D design. Many things are currently just a marketing deception. The drones being shown, like ‘Skafateri,’ are 3D prints, models, presentations of wishes,” said analyst Aleksandar Radić, according to RTS.

https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/politika/5826087/kamikaze-dronovi-pristina.html?

Analysis:

The claim by RTS that the drone factory in Gjilan is a “marketing deception” and that the drones are merely “3D models” is unsupported by evidence. There is no evidence provided by RTS that the drones are not functional, and the presentation of prototypes is not a deception—it is a regular phase of industrial development. The factory project is confirmed by state documents and international sources.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kosovo-build-ammunition-fa

The Government of Kosovo has publicly announced and planned the construction of an ammunition factory and the development of drone laboratories. This is a state policy oriented towards the self-sustainability of the defense industry.

According to Kosovo law, the trade and production of strategic goods are subject to permits, documentation archiving, and obligations to notify the competent ministry.

https://www.seesac.org/f/docs/Kosovo-1/Law-on-the-Trade-of-Strategic-Goods-2013-EN.pdf

Kamikaze drones “made in Gjilan” – a marketing ploy with a clear political message

The first military drone factory opened in Gjilan on November 8th.

/The Geopost