• @tal@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    Iran builds them. Iran has supplied Russia with a ton of them to use against Ukraine, if you’ve been following the conflict there – cheap, long-range drones are something theylve specialized in.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136

    For components that they can’t build, they’ll do stuff like have someone buy stuff in some other country, move it into Iran from there.

    There was some discussion about them using motors built by an Irish lawnmower motor company a while back, that I recall, for one particular instance.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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      17 months ago

      If I remember correctly, the propulsion motor is repurposed from a Chinese moped. Cheap and plentiful.