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I don't think this is an accurate statement. Consider for instance that the Sinaloa Cartel is currently hiring college students to try and reproduce chemical pr
by foota 2y ago
I don't think this is an accurate statement. Consider for instance that the Sinaloa Cartel is currently hiring college students to try and reproduce chemical precursors for the production of Fentanyl. This is something that's probably trivial for a real company with resources to do, but because it's not public knowledge it's difficult for them.
I think the same could likely be said for this kind of production of rocketry.
For another example, consider how Russia had to rely on Iran for the production of their Shahed drones (until Iran showed them how to produce them), despite Russia being a longtime producer of weaponry.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe Shahed drones were entirely within Russian capacity to design and produce. They just needed them now.
- foota 2y agoIf that was true, why are they now producing shahed drones domestically instead of a homegrown drone?
- ceejayoz 2y agoThey’re using plenty of homegrown stuff - like that new ballistic missile they used the other day. The Shaheds are probably most useful not for advanced tech (they aren’t!) but for the ability to produce them while under global sanctions. Such sanctions are new to Russia, but Iran had a decade or two to figure out how to evade them.