🇷🇺 Russia’s Geran-4 has been ripped apart... and what’s hiding under the shell tells a much bigger story RFE/RL’s teardown shows a jet-powered drone built around speed and reach, combining a turbojet engine, advanced camera, navigation systems and communications hardware designe
Why now
Thesis: Drone supply chains feed export-control scrutiny
Catalyst to watch: New sanctions on component suppliers
Main risk: Escalation of drone strikes on Ukraine
Why it matters
Drone teardown reveals foreign components, highlighting supply-chain and export-control angles in the Ukraine war.
Details
🇷🇺 Russia’s Geran-4 has been ripped apart... and what’s hiding under the shell tells a much bigger story RFE/RL’s teardown shows a jet-powered drone built around speed and reach, combining a turbojet engine, advanced camera, navigation systems and communications hardware designed to help it penetrate deep into Ukraine. But one of the most revealing details is where some of that technology reportedly comes from: foreign-made components were found inside the Russian UAV. But if foreign technology is still ending up inside Russian weapons, how effective are the controls designed to keep it out? Writer: Val https://t.co/571g6zKA3Z
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