• Milk_Sheikh
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    7 months ago

    True, but Russia leaned into the tech earlier, and the Kinzhal unit cost is still $10MM - the primary target of hypersonics is defense budgets

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      7 months ago

      Are they still uding them? I haven’t heard anything about those since probably 2022

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        7 months ago

        A slow trickle as the factory builds more, but yes they blew most of their stocks in the first 18 months