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31j20b3

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3. A man with knowledge, a passport, and an ebay account

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:33 PM

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could turn American belief that this is all on the other side of the world upside down.

OMG. It;s all TOO EASY for kids with a bit of electronics background.

THAT is what has made Ukraine's drone war a success.

It does NOT take rocket scientists. Just a few guys that understand the commercially available equipment.

The US is in no better position to stop that than Russia, and Russian is now BURNING.

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We are really quite f'ked. There is commercial equipment avalble to guide a tractor in a field [View all] 31j20b3 Sunday OP

i'm looking at these things rampartd Sunday #1

A man with knowledge, a passport, and an ebay account 31j20b3 Sunday #3

i think the more we learn ..... can't hurt to know. rampartd Sunday #6

Yes 31j20b3 Sunday #8

Also shows just how versatile, low-budget, and rapidly the Ukrainians can move into getting needed weapons of SWBTATTReg Sunday #2

Yes. It's quite unsettling to me 31j20b3 Sunday #4

There was an article in the Washington Monthly a few years back about how Israel was building cheap drones. Midnight Writer Sunday #5

Good points. If the arms being made don't return a certain % back to the manufacturer(s), then the item is not SWBTATTReg Sunday #7

The asymmetrical opportunities seem favorable to the angry little groups 31j20b3 Sunday #10

I guess my next home won't be a Hobbit Hole after all. Ilsa Sunday #9

operated by terrorists like the US? orthoclad Sunday #11

Honestly I think more like Proud Boys and the Klan 31j20b3 20 hrs ago #12

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