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Posted by Espressosaurus 12/23/2025

FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf](docs.fcc.gov)
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Animats 12/23/2025|
Despite the amount of sucking up to Trump in the press release, this is not totally stupid. DJI drones do have a data path back to China. Several years ago, the US military, which used to use some DJI drones, decided that the risk was too high. There was an order (in 2022?) to cease using DJI drones and to store them with the batteries removed.

On the other hand, Donald Trump Jr. recently acquired an interest in a US drone company, which is selling drone motors to the US military for what seems a high price.

pbhjpbhj 12/23/2025|
Every piece of USA tech has a data path back to USA -- who are actively threatening a bunch of countries right now.

The obvious corollary is that Canada, Greenland & Denmark (Panama, Venezuela, etc. too) and all their allies should get rid of all Windows computers, all Apple phones, all Tesla, etc, etc.

It's hard to imagine USA are not planning attacks right now using these tech vectors, given this threat model is being defended against in this way.

It was as equally clever as it was evil to put pressure on us to ditch Chinese tech, so USA can now attack us.

cggvn 12/23/2025||
Of course I’m disturbed by both the proliferation of drones and our administration developing military equipment for a war department instead of defense or rescue.

However, I unfortunately am well-aware of a company that made these parts on U.S. soil.

I’d be wary of ANY manufacturer of significance within the U.S. that has never had and will never have foreign ties or be influenced by foreign powers that the U.S. in engaged against.

The manufacturer I’m aware of was a shitshow with everything that would be important to the military, except for the actual making of the parts, which they were excellent at, at least in certain parts of the company.

So because of this, I have to assume that this is a fundamentally ignorant plan to try to nationalize manufacturing for defense, and I’d expect nothing less from our current administration.

Swoerd 12/23/2025|
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