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45. They have their own production that can be distributed

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:32 AM

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I posted something about this in another thread - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3624821

Report: Construction Progresses at Russian Plant for Iranian Drones (VOA's source was Reuters - from 2023)

(ETA - these might be the types we recently reverse-engineered - i.e., the "kamikaze" ones)

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