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>Russia has launched more cruise missiles in a single conflict (~7500) What is the source for that number? The only long-range weapons Russia has launched thou

• dragonwriter 3y ago
  > The only long-range weapons Russia has launched thousands of are the Iranian-made long-range suicide drones. They've also used lots of (mostly, IIRC, air launched) ballistic missiles and (conventional) cruise missiles. The reason there have been deep strikes by Ukraine on Russian bomber bases are because those bombers were used to fire long range missiles into Ukraine. Though the “suicide drones”, while designed as loitering munitions, are basically used as propeller driven cruise missiles rather than in a loitering role.