• @Buffalox
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    10 hours ago

    This is not really a missile, but a missile-drone. It’s kind of a new type of weapon. The stats are confidential, but allegedly it has a range of up to 700km.
    The “missile-drone” is powered by a jet engine, which is probably the reason it’s not technically a missile.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palianytsia_(missile)

    The word palianytsia (a hearth-baked bread) is a shibboleth that has been used to unmask foreign agents in Ukraine’s armed forces, who are usually unable to pronounce the word correctly.

    lol 😋

    Congratulations to Ukraine for managing to make this weapon, I hope it will be very effective.

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      cruise missiles are jet powered, but this one is not named so for political reasons (“if Ukrainians have their own cruise missiles, why do we need to give them ours”)

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        cruise missiles are jet powered

        I looked it up, and dammit you are right. 😋