CDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 7 months agoBabe wake up, another “cancelled” US hypersonic weapons program just appeared with live markingsimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageBabe wake up, another “cancelled” US hypersonic weapons program just appeared with live markingsCDRMITTENS to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoLow volume + first of its kind = $$$
minus-squareMilk_Sheikh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoTrue, but Russia leaned into the tech earlier, and the Kinzhal unit cost is still $10MM - the primary target of hypersonics is defense budgets
minus-square_xDEADBEEF@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAre they still uding them? I haven’t heard anything about those since probably 2022
minus-squareMilk_Sheikh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoA slow trickle as the factory builds more, but yes they blew most of their stocks in the first 18 months
Low volume + first of its kind = $$$
True, but Russia leaned into the tech earlier, and the Kinzhal unit cost is still $10MM - the primary target of hypersonics is defense budgets
Are they still uding them? I haven’t heard anything about those since probably 2022
A slow trickle as the factory builds more, but yes they blew most of their stocks in the first 18 months