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'Cruise missile' drones and low-cost Shahed knockoffs listed on Alibaba

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fne8w2ah@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-03-19/low-cost-autonomous-cruise-missile-drones-listed-on-alibaba/106448410

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  • Narc082@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had to laugh at the euphemism “one-way attack drones” used in the abc app

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This model looks like it could be decent.

    China is leading so hard at cranking these out at scale, it will be hard to match when they actually get serious about making military drones.

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    • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m so tempted to buy one but I bet asio would throw a fit and Australia border force would seize it at the border. I just think it would be neat to have one.

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  • TheHolm@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Iranian-made Shahed drones that have effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz.” - fail

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