RTS misinforms about Kosovo: Drone production in the domain of marketing and 3D design

The opening of a drone factory in Kosovo has caused a series of reactions in the Serbian media. The Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) portal has published a text in which it misinforms that the opening of the factory in Gjilan is a "marketing scam" by the acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and that the aircraft presented are only models, not real drones.

Final rating: Unsupported claim / Manipulative.

What RTS writes:

"While Albin Kurti boasts that sophisticated flying vehicles with a range of up to 20 kilometers will be produced and sold there, analysts emphasize that at this moment the entire story of 'made in Kosovo' drones is in the domain of marketing and 3D design. Many things are actually a marketing hoax at the moment. The drones that are shown, like 'Skafateri', are 3D prints, models, presentations of wishes," said analyst Aleksandar Radiq, according to RTS.

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

Analyze:

RTS’s claim that the drone factory in Gjilan is a “marketing scam” and that the drones are just “3D models” is unsupported by evidence. There is no evidence provided by RTS that the drones are not functional, the presentation of prototypes is not a scam — 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 Kosovo government 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, trade and production of strategic goods are subject to permits, archiving of documentation, 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

The kamikaze drone "mejd in Gnjilane" - the marketing trick as we understand the political message

U Gnjilanu, on November 8, the drone factory was opened.

/The Geopost