# Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber — attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year

> A drone that destroyed a Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber at Russia's Engels-2 air base last month turns out to be a MICH 2000, a reverse-engineered copy of a Chinese aircraft Beijing refused to sell to Ukraine,…

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-using-48000-chinese-drone-clone?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a81d4121192bb61042ab03b)
- **Published:** 2026-08-16
- **Category:** Drones
- **Tags:** #drone
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