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Posted on 03/30/2026 8:02:48 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
As Iran bombards Middle Eastern countries with swarms of suicide drones, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), similar to those used in war can be found for sale online, sometimes marked as “model planes.”
Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba features multiple listings for drones, which are categorized for commercial use, yet carry an uncanny resemblance to the Iranian Shahed-136 suicide drone. Shahed-136 drones carry a warhead of up to 90 kilograms and fly in swarms before crashing into their targets.
Alibaba’s terms of service ban the sale of military equipment on the site. Yet, in recent days, it has come under scrutiny for carrying listings like these, leading the company to take down certain listings blatantly advertising “cruise missiles” and “suicide attack drones.”
Still, listings that use other keywords or names have avoided being taken down, and Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post was able to identify four listings for the Shahed-136 copy, with prices ranging from around $6,000 to over $40,000.
Two of the listings name the drone model as Mosquito SM200G, while the other two don’t name a model, but seem to be the same, due to identical technical specifications, such as wingspan, speed, fuel capacity, and more. Both “Mosquito” listings boast a swarm capability, which Shahed-136 drones use to overwhelm aerial defense systems.
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I’d love to see a swarm of those things chasing your Texas feral hogs! Maybe they could run them to exhaustion and they’d die.
90KG warhead is a bit excessive for a pig, even in West Texas.
Assuming the weather cooperates, the method I’ve found best are shooting them in conjunction with controlled burns.
They tend to hang out in overgrown fields (e.g., mesquite). you do a burn and then set up in the backs of pickups spaced out.
Only rules are no booze and shoot only between your 10 and 2. I use an AR-10. Killed about 40 last time.
The fire pushes them to the shooters.
I don’t think my neighbors have a robust air defense system. I So I’m not in the market for an entire swarm.
They do sell them individually.
I looked on the website.
You have to supply your own warhead. What’s the fun in that?
Getting the detonator right is the hard part.
Eh, just have it explode when the engine cuts off. Make the engine break away. So when it hits something, it blows up.
Arm from a safe distance.
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