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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 23:47:21 JST Charlie Stross

   This is like that Transnistrian Mafia-run helicopter counterfeiting ring the Moldovan police bust back in 2020: https://worldofaviation.com/2020/07/moldova-shuts-down-bootleg-helicopter-factory/
   https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/113471987515684834

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     Michael Kohne (mhkohne@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 00:29:25 JST Michael Kohne

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     @cstross It absolutely blows my mind that there's a market for bootleg helicopters.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 00:29:25 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Michael Kohne

     @mhkohne Thing is, the bootleg Kamovs looked identical to the real thing (an old Soviet agricultural chopper). But obviously: counterfeit parts …

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 21:44:55 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Angus McIntyre

     @angusm You, sir, have just leaked the plot of the next Wallace and Gromit movie!

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     Angus McIntyre (angusm@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 21:44:56 JST Angus McIntyre

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     @cstross It's all fun and games until you get strafed by a cloned sheep at the controls of a knock-off Mi-24 gunship.