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Old 5th Dec 2022, 23:32
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Originally Posted by Beamr
Russian sources claim that it was a soviet era TU-141 drone that hit the Rjazan-Dyagilevo airbase.

I thought it was the tanker.



https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1599838787059986432
That possibly makes sense, start with something you know and have that is proven technology with the range needed, you can then use one as a blueprint to mass produce them and improve on the design, new guidance, large payload and possibly the engine. A quicker scenario than starting from scratch.

https://twitter.com/search?q=Tu-141%...rc=typed_query
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