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DISPATCH 03/26 · 19 Sep 2026
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USAPro

LUCAS

LUCAS is a US long-range one-way attack drone derived from the Iranian Shahed-136 and designed to deliver affordable mass through coordinated, expendable strike formations.

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UkrainePro

FP-1

The FP-1 is a Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drone built by Fire Point for high-volume strikes against static targets deep inside Russian territory.

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RussiaPro

Geran-5

The largest and fastest member of Russia's Geran family — a 6.5-metre, cruise-missile-shaped "missile-drone" flying at up to 600 km/h with a 90 kg warhead, air-launchable from a Su-25 and reportedly able to carry an air-to-air missile of its own.

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UkrainePro

Bober (Beaver)

Ukraine's UJ-26 Bober, or Beaver, is a long-range one-way attack drone associated with HUR strikes against Moscow, Crimea and Russian military infrastructure.

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IranPro

Arash-2

The "bigger brother" of the Shahed-136 — Iran's large, long-range kamikaze drone, unveiled with the boast that it was built to hit Tel Aviv and Haifa. Claimed to fly ~2,000 km with an anti-radar seeker, it's real and fielded — and US forces have already blown one up.

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RussiaPro

Geran-4

Russia's jet-powered Shahed, built to outfly the cheap interceptor drones that were knocking propeller Shaheds down. Early figures said the speed cost it range. A year of upgrades says otherwise: 850 km declared, 960 km flown, 96% of Ukraine in reach.

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UkrainePro

Lyutyi

Ukraine’s primary strategic one-way attack drone — a 2,000 km-range pusher-prop system that has carried the war to Russia’s energy heartland, hitting refineries and military plants from the Caspian Sea to the Komi Republic.