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'Cruise missile' drones and low-cost Shahed knockoffs listed on Alibaba (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A drone listing is described in the seller's catalogue as a "cruise missile" able to carry a 2kg warhead 30km

If you're lucky, it'll carry a 0.5kg warhead 10km. That's assuming they don't ship it with any missing pieces.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The FBI would be all over this shit.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hm? They can carry 100x as much payload over more than 10x that distance.