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2022-12-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Biden launches investigation into how 82% of components found in drones made in Iran, deployed by Russia and downed in Ukraine are manufactured in the US

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-21 08:03|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Ask Hunter

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-12-21 08:42|| 2022-12-21 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Has weapons expert Viktor Bout agreed to lead the investigation for the White House ?

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-21 08:45|| 2022-12-21 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't get your 10%?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-21 08:56|| 2022-12-21 08:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Further questions will illicit the “no comment on ongoing instigations” response for the next 40 years.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-21 09:10|| 2022-12-21 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I crack on the Chermans a lot about "dual use," but I will admit, our greedy businessmen here take a back seat to no one in selling the ropes we will be hanged with.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-21 09:16|| 2022-12-21 09:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Comment #1 beat me to it.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-21 09:33|| 2022-12-21 09:33|| Front Page Top

#7 There is nothing to stop companies that seem ok buy this and then sell it to Iran for a decent mark-up.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-12-21 10:04|| 2022-12-21 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 On the positive side, the US still manufactures stuff, so there's that...

Posted by Raj 2022-12-21 10:13|| 2022-12-21 10:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Also, if the iranian stuff is using American sourced components, we should be in a position to neutralize that tech too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-21 10:14|| 2022-12-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Is it because those components are commercial, off-the-shelf parts made by American companies and available around the world in industrial quantities?

Posted by SteveS 2022-12-21 10:52|| 2022-12-21 10:52|| Front Page Top

#11 They're source by 'American' companies from others that are sanctioned for selling to Iran.

Valerie wants to know who is holding out on the 18%.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-21 11:00|| 2022-12-21 11:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Fungible commodities.

Although it is surprising that US manufacturers can still produce such useful commodities. Are we entirely certain they weren't Made in China?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-21 11:23|| 2022-12-21 11:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Seems to me if the components are marked/numbered in some fashion we can get a clear tech trail to the end user assembly site in Iran. Then there are options and possibilities to be considered?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-12-21 12:55|| 2022-12-21 12:55|| Front Page Top

#14 The ATF was probably running a drone walking operation that worked out every bit as you would expect.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-21 13:51|| 2022-12-21 13:51|| Front Page Top

#15 "Aladdin's Fying Carpets"

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-21 14:04|| 2022-12-21 14:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Could it have been sourced from the equipment the US left behind in Afghanistan? That'd be par for the course for this current administration.

Posted by Grusing Angoper9527 2022-12-21 14:51|| 2022-12-21 14:51|| Front Page Top

#17 I thought Russian drones were made from Swedish traffic cameras.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-12-21 16:32|| 2022-12-21 16:32|| Front Page Top

#18 Board and the components on them are surely made in China and exported in violation of sanctions. Looked like a generic development board layout (Xilinx, Altera?) with empty pads (space) for other components. Other components (e.g. motor, actuators) likely smuggled via China and Gulf countries. Wouldn't rule Turkey out, either.

Posted by Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-21 21:12|| 2022-12-21 21:12|| Front Page Top

#19 surely made in

Board made in China. US and other components stuffed onto board in China. Doubt Iran has capability to make fine pitch surface mount PCB boards.

Posted by Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-21 21:15|| 2022-12-21 21:15|| Front Page Top