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dlisboayesterday at 2:31 PM0 repliesview on HN

Very few countries lack the technological capabilities to produce these kinds of drones.

What most countries don't have is, for lack of a better term, the resolve Iran has shown. Venezuela could have built drones and resisted just the same, but it's internally divided enough that it was possible to strike a deal with an inside faction and have a coup from within.