Russia was already using Iranian made cheap kamikaze drones, they just haven't been as cheap. The Iranian drones have a longer range and much larger payload.

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To give a sense of the difference in the cheapness scale: this one is both held together and launched by rubber bands.

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[–] Janonym@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago

What a time to be alive.

Or die, in case you see one arriving.

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[–] autokludge@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Original idea:

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[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

It's not that different in price, though: the Aussie one is 5k, while this is 10k.

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[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I guess Ukraine can just send 5 or 6 of these for likely a smaller cost the iranian ones, which combined can do quite a bit of damage, and are harder to shoot dowm by air defence, just by virtue of the larger number. Of course, each has its uses.

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