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Drone is Sunflower 200, aka improved Shahed136 clone, shown late last year, from Cobtech Ltd aka Beijing Zongshang Dingsheng who got sanctioned by US BIS at end
by maxglute 2y ago
Drone is Sunflower 200, aka improved Shahed136 clone, shown late last year, from Cobtech Ltd aka Beijing Zongshang Dingsheng who got sanctioned by US BIS at end of May. Lighter frame, can be vertically launched without rocket assistence basically anywhere. No sign of UKR battlefield use until then, at least no lethal models (ISR variants exist), but post sanctions they're likely going to start selling to RU now. Curious to see price points / scale of how much PRC industry can churn out improved Shaheds. Probably less than the 10k USD it cost for Iran. Would be verified game changer if 2nd/3rd rate PRC MIC company can spam 4-5 digits of 2500km (basically all of 1st island chain) moped piston drones per month.