November 13, 2025 at 08:34PM

■■■□□ Interesting thread on international sanctions bypass China’s DJI is circumventing US sanctions by licensing the production of drones to a factory in Malaysia. Anzu Robotics manufactures an analogue of the Mavic 3 called Raptor for the US market. This also allows Ukrainian “Mavic” acquisition despite China banning sales to Ukraine. https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1988721564893016138

November 13, 2025 at 03:46PM

■■□□□ Range extension via Drone The Russians claim they use a Mavic drone to lift a cell phone high enough to connect to a cellular network. Another phone on the ground makes a bridge to receive the signal. If 200 meters isn’t high enough, they apparently go to 400 m and place a second Mavic…