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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 00:54:06 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116161933915772468

   *An American knock-off of an Iranian drone.

   *Sounds so implausible, Maybe it's an American knockoff of the Russian knockoff of that Iranian drone. #Shahed #Geranium #Lucas

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     ROTOPE~1 ⭐️ (rotopenguin@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 02:12:08 JST ROTOPE~1 ⭐️

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     @bruces the hard part is "how do we make it several orders of magnitude more expensive than theirs?" A weapon that only costs a few thousand dollars is no good for industry.

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     lemgandi (lemgandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 03:02:28 JST lemgandi

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     @bruces 1) What are they saying?
     2) Lucky the warhead didn't explode while theyr were handling it.