US copies Iranian Shahed-136 Suicide Drone as MQM-172
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US builds copy Shahed-style drones as training targets against Russian Geran-2/Iranian Shahed-136
The US Airforce unveiled last week the MQM-172 suicide drone, copied from the Iranian Shahed-136. The Iranians copied the design themselves from a German drone.
To me, this indicates not only the increasing prevalence of drones, but a lack of desire to spend resources developing novel solutions for what’s essentially a disposable commodity. We can be sure the avionics package is likely enhanced from what was reverse engineered off the Iranians, though.
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