🕳️ Released Phantom Node 86: Key Node. Weapons Production
- Foundation date
29 October 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
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Mode: Industrial Synthesis & Proliferation
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 86: Key Node. Weapons Production.
The integrated military–civilian complex — the factory of proliferation.
Who is this?
Node 86 comprises production sites, R&D labs and university-linked centers where imported components (COTS, microchips) are transformed into mass-produced weapons (Shahed-class UAVs, missile kits). Under IRGC oversight these facilities run assembly lines, modernization programs and feed Quds Force export pipelines.
Type of node:
Industrial-military / manufacturing cluster.
Status:
State-driven, partly covert, operationally embedded in defense strategy.
Form of control:
State corporations (HESA, IEI), secret assembly lines, CNC equipment, university R&D, black-box supply chains.
Phantom image:
A dark subterranean workshop: semi-assembled drone airframes on a conveyor; gloved hands solder a microchip marked faintly “EU/USA.”
What remains after the phantom:
Assembly infrastructure, blueprints, supply archives and tacit manufacturing knowledge enabling substitution for sanctioned parts.
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
Access to imported components (nodes 79/85), financing (node 77), logistics (83–85) and IRGC institutional backing.
How did it become a phantom?
Shift from scattered workshops to centralized mass-production lines integrated with university R&D and covert supply chains.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Persistent demand for weapons, institutional incentives, domestic substitution capacity and protected funding.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, scalable, technologically adaptive.
After the regime:
Investigations into production lines and expert networks.
Targeted sanctions on key firms and equipment suppliers.
International export-control measures and equipment denial.
Reallocation of academic capacity from military programs.
Collective reaction:
Science turned into an arms factory must be exposed and stopped. We demand transparency and accountability.
Core principle:
Technology without ethics becomes a weapons factory.
Alt-text:
Graphite drawing: in a dark underground assembly hall, gloved hands solder a tiny microchip onto a drone PCB; semi-assembled drone bodies sit on the conveyor.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 29.10.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 86: Key Node: Weapons Production. The "Industrial Synthesis and Proliferation" Regime.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Industrial Synthesis and Proliferation Regime" (or "Integrated Military-Civilian Complex"). The essence of this node is the conversion of imported Western components (COTS/dual-use) into highly functional yet cheaply produced weapon systems (Shahed-type UAVs, ballistic missiles). This regime is characterized by the deep integration of scientific, university, and defense enterprises under IRGC control, ensuring the continuous mass production and export of military hardware (Node 82).
Regimes (which it directly shapes/supports):
🧪 Regime of "Reverse Engineering (R&D)": A centralized process of analyzing and copying imported Western microchips and sensors, allowing the replacement of sanctioned components with Iranian or Chinese counterparts to sustain production.
🏭 Regime of "Mass Weapon Assembly": Creating global production chains for standardized, modular systems (like the Shahed UAVs), allowing rapid scaling of output and the export of "assembly kits" to proxy groups and allied states (e.g., Russia).
🔗 Regime of "University-Military Complex": Exploiting students, faculty, and research centers (e.g., Sharif University of Technology) as a "gray" source of knowledge, innovation, and personnel for military programs.
💣 Regime of "Continuous Modernization": The ongoing development and testing of new UAV and missile models that utilize the latest batch of imported components, forcing Western intelligence to constantly play catch-up.
Tools (which it actively uses/oversees):
💾 Western Components (COTS/Microchips): The actual physical components (electronics, motors, navigation systems) imported via Node 79/85 and serving as the critical raw material for production.
🏭 Defense Production Groups: State corporations such as HESA (Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company) and IEI (Iran Electronics Industries), which are the primary sites for assembly and integration.
⚙️ CNC Machines: Illegally imported high-precision equipment necessary for the manufacturing of casings, molds, and mechanical parts of missiles and drones.
🧪 Military R&D Labs: Secret centers where the weapons undergo testing, integration, and quality control before being transferred to the Quds Force (Node 82) for export.
Civilizational Influences (which it embodies/exploits):
🚨 Creation of a Global Arms Threat: The transformation of Iran into a key supplier for terrorist groups and hostile states (e.g., Russia), shifting the balance of power in regional and global conflicts.
🧬 Proliferation of Production Knowledge: Exporting not just finished weapons but also manufacturing technology (assembly lines, blueprints) to proxy forces, accelerating the regional arms race.
🧠 "Brain Drain" (Internal Focus): The redirection of a significant portion of the nation's scientific and engineering talent towards military programs, stifling civilian development.
🚫 Disregard for Treaties: Direct violation of international conventions and UN resolutions regarding the limitation of missile technologies and arms exports.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 29.10.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
