Russia’s new decoy drone is all Chinese parts—and still carries a bomb
euromaidanpress.com
Flight controller, ignition system, data link, servos, and battery all trace back to Chinese hobby gear suppliers, Militarnyi says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/39065475

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Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate has published a detailed breakdown of the drone’s construction. Although its main function is to act as a false target alongside long-range drones, it can also carry a warhead weighing up to 15 kg.

The complete list of components has been published on the War&Sanctions portal. The Website identify the drone as TsBST.611000.

All onboard systems and electronic blocks are of Chinese origin. Nearly half of them — including the flight controller with autopilot, navigation modules and antennas, airspeed sensor, and Pitot tube — come from a single Chinese company, CUAV Technology. The company specializes in developing and producing UAV system modules and applications.

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  • viking@infosec.pub
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    28 days ago

    So it’s a Chinese drone assembled in Russia for a faint afterglow of “plausible” deniability.