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Re:Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more tha... by ajsnigrutin on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:00AM (#34261651)
Yep, and buying even 10.000 voltage regulators is a very common thing, so much, that they even have a reduced price for >10k orders already listed on many sites. Even if you tried to regulate it, someone could just go on farnell/digikey/..., order 10k pieces put them in a pocket and carry them over the border.
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Re:Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more tha... by m4rtink on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:11PM (#34263965)
Still, I guess you could catch some of these smugglers ? They will be fined/jailed/both, which could influence others doing the same & at least would drive up the price of components.
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Re:Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more tha... by ajsnigrutin on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:09PM (#34265788)
But who and why? A company in china can legally buy them, ignore american regulations, since well.. they're not from america, and export them at a higher price to russia. Russians can even open a company in russia that deals with importing foreign components and then exporting them to russia. Most of the world doesn't care about american regulation and why should they?
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