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Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs

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On 07/10/2025 04:07, c186282 wrote:
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5e9zlpz6eo
> 
> British microcomputers were among more than 100,000 foreign-made
> parts contained in Russian missiles and drones used in Sunday's
> deadly strikes on Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
> 
> The Ukrainian president called for further "effective" sanctions
> after saying parts originating in allied countries including
> Germany, Japan and the US have been identified in Russian weapons.
> 
> The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said it had
> recently undertaken efforts to crack down on UK firms whose
> products have continued to make their way into Russia's
> military supply chain.
> 
> "We take reports of goods from UK companies being found
> in Russian weaponry incredibly seriously," a government
> spokesperson said.
> 
> . . .
> 
>    The article did not name the exact chip-maker(s).
> 
>    PROBABLY it's ARM.
> 
>    So, are Russian attack drones built around old
>    model rPIs ??? Do they use Linux ? Hmmm ...
>    RED Hat ???  :-)
> 
>    The Pi-5 uses a USA, Broadcom, chip but vast
>    quantities of older chips/boards are out there.
>    ARM chips are almost ubiquitous in small devices.
> 

It would be extremely surprising if drone makers were *not* using ARM 
chips, probably RP2040 style one - in drones. Back around 2010 many 
modellers were flying autonomous aircraft using Arduinos and public 
domain code.

But that chip is available direct from the far east.

I don't know how one would stop them being bought by intermediaries and 
shipped off to Moscow.

-- 
"It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's"
Joew Walsh

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Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-06 23:07 -0400
  Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-07 06:25 +0000
    Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-07 09:38 +0100
    Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 02:13 -0400
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        Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-10-08 08:11 +0100
        Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 09:46 +0100
          Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-08 16:41 +0000
            Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 17:56 +0100
          Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 01:54 -0400
        Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-08 16:24 +0000
          Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 17:38 +0100
          Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:51 -0400
        Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 01:29 -0400
          Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-10-09 09:29 +0100
            Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 13:12 +0100
              Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:20 -0400
            Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:16 -0400
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                Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-10 19:45 +0000
                Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 00:26 -0400
                Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-11 06:42 +0000
      Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-08 09:42 +0100
      Re: Russian Attack Drones Using UK CPUs rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-08 16:22 +0000
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