Iran's kamikaze drones contain American processors
The components were produced by Texas Instruments
What happened? American CPUs were found in Iran-made kamikaze drones Shahed-131.
Source. The report published by the Centre for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Details. It is noted that the flight control unit (FCU) contained five custom-made printed circuit boards (PCBs), in particular TMS320 F28335 processors from Texas Instruments company. The Ukrainian outlet Defence Express notes that the processors found in the Shahed-131 are available in free access on the market.
The publication also reports that Shahed-131 drones are the early version of the Shahed-136 ones, which russians used for attacking Odesa and Mykolaiv in the last two days. Both versions of UAVs have similar modes of operation, and, most likely, they are unified in terms of their components, primarily, electronics.
“Attacks on Ukrainian cities were carried out specifically by the newer version of the Shahed-136. Iran, however, could be using similar components even in more modern versions,” reports Defence Express.
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