POXY DRONES - Down under for a PROXY WAR In UKRAINE
Clare Hocking Sept 30, 2025
Australia has plunged hook line and sinker into the Ukraine-Russia conflict , with a staggering $1.3 billion in military aid since 2022, including $60 million fuelling an alleged fleet of deadly “cardboard” drones that are attacking Russian defences.
These Corvo Precision Payload Delivery Systems (PPDS), engineered by Melbourne’s SYPAQ Systems, aren’t just flimsy foam-core toys—they’re low-cost, flat-pack assassins, autonomously striking targets 120 kilometers away with 3-5 kg payloads.
Australia’s taxpayers , are bankrolling a silent revolution in the skies, but at what cost to the nation’s own priorities .
Since March 2023, hundreds of these 2.4 kg drones, assembled with tape and elastic bands, have swarmed Ukraine’s frontlines, evading radar, targeting Russian bases, and serving as decoys against S-400 systems. Priced at $3,000-$5,000 each, they’re a fraction of high-end UAVs, yet their impact is seismic: Ukrainian forces have repurposed them for kamikaze runs and reconnaissance, which is causing issues with Moscow’s electronic warfare.
Australia’s endless cash pipeline:
• July 2022: $700,000 redirected ADF stockpiles to Ukraine, kickstarting SYPAQ’s wartime production.
• April 2024: $30 million for drones within a $100 million package, announced by Defence Minister Richard Marles in Kyiv.
• July 2024: Another $30 million through NATO’s Drone Capability Coalition, part of a record-breaking $250 million aid surge.
This $60 million drone gamble is just a fraction of Australia’s $1.3 billion commitment to the U.S.-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG), which includes Bushmasters, artillery shells, and training for 150,000 Ukrainian troops. As a member of the 20-nation Drone Coalition since March 2024, Australia joins heavyweights like the UK (€4.5 billion pledged for drones in 2024-2025) in flooding Ukraine with over 1 million FPV drones. Unlike Britain’s focus on domestic designs, Australia’s SYPAQ PPDS is a uniquely Aussie export, born from a $1.1 million Defence Innovation Hub contract in 2019 for ADF logistics.
“These drones are a game-changer—Australian ingenuity tearing through Russian lines,” declared SYPAQ CEO Amanda Holt. “
Defence’s investment has turned a Melbourne prototype into Putin’s nightmare.” But critics are sounding alarms. “Pouring $1.3 billion into a distant war while Australian hospitals and schools beg for funds is reckless,” argues shadow treasurer Angus Taylor. “We’re not just funding SYPAQ—we’re bankrolling a global conflict with no exit strategy.” VERY DANGEROUS.
Marles remains defiant: “Australia’s drones and dollars stand for freedom. We’re in lockstep with the UDCG to ensure Ukraine prevails.” With SYPAQ’s upgraded CorvoX hitting the global stage at DSEI London this month and Ukraine scaling to 8 million drones annually.
Australia’s spend on War shows no signs of slowing up and the Cardboard carnage is something we should all be concerned about. A $1.3 billion indictment of priorities gone rogue.
As Ukraine scales to 8 million drones yearly, how many more Aussie dollars vanish into the void before We the People get answers.
God Protect Humanity from those who were tasked with protecting the People, instead they chose cold blooded murder .
CLAREHOCKING.COM