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Ukraine says it cracked open a Russian decoy drone used to fool air defenses and found Western parts inside (www.businessinsider.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21956040

Summary

Ukraine’s military intelligence reported finding Western-made components inside Russian decoy drones, used in recent swarm attacks to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.

Dubbed “Parody,” these decoys are cheaper than Iran’s Shahed-136 drones but can mimic their radar signatures, creating fake targets to distract defenses.

Russia reportedly launched over 2,000 drones last month, half of which were decoys, with some crashing in Moldova, raising regional security concerns.

Despite sanctions, Western technology continues to appear in Russian weapons, complicating efforts to restrict Moscow’s drone capabilities.

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@Cephalotrocity https://biglemmowski.win/post/3423162
Ukraine needs to publicly shame all those companies that supply russia, direct or indirect. It may force them to improve their logistic control systems and perhaps even build in kill switches if used unauthorised.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    You can never stop all import, sanctions only make it harder and more expensive, not impossible.

    There's very little you can do to stop a guy with a truck full of stuff from driving across an empty border with a friendly-ish country.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The problem is that the same companies are probably supplying Ukraine too. Ukraine is constantly playing a very finicky political game.

    Edit: I was wrong, Ukraine do publish the list of the components they are finding in Russian weapons. https://war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/components

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