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Russia’s main drone supplier is about to be knocked offline
by foogazi 1y ago
Russia’s main drone supplier is about to be knocked offline
- e40 1y agoAccording to a Ukrainian friend Russia is now producing them themselves. They got the design plans from Iran.
- sealeck 1y agoThey've got a bunch of other facilities dotted around the place: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/ukraine-war-briefing-russian-drone-factory-attacked-1000km-away-in-tatarstan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/ukraine-war-br...
- CapricornNoble 1y agoRussia's drones are primarily domestic production, not imported. The original Shaheds and their design were imported, but now the Russians are on the Geran-3 version and are cranking them out at the cyclic rate. Ukrainian sources still insist on calling them "Shaheds": https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/06/4/7515633/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/06/4/7515633/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/29/russia-iran-drone-cooperation-industry/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/29/russia-iran-...