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The "affordable tech" thing is a double-edged sword. I would not be surprised at bad news on the 'neat' UAV front ... Some nuggets on this cruise missile news

• hga 17y ago
  The last comment is the important one: "The article notes that a Russian defense expert said that "as far as he understood, the Club-K was still at the concept stage."" I.e. there's plenty of time to deter Russia from developing and/or selling this. UAVs are a lot easier in many ways, I'd think; a more complex overall system, but you can use civilian tech for a lot of that. Much of the harder stuff, like propulsion, is just off the shelf like turboprop engines.