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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt will end up like every other Russian knock-off: made by the Chinese when Russia eventually gives up
Nah, it goes WAY back to pre-WW2. Russia basically made copying everyone else’s technology a major economic driver for them for decades, and it was all based around trying to sucker poorer countries into buying their awful products.
Cameras, radios, cars, weapons. Hell they even stole NASA Space Shuttle designs and tech to build their own, which just ended up in a junkyard.
And the Buran system was more impressive than the shuttle, capable of completely automated flight!
So they say but since it never even went into space it’s a bold claim.
It’s just like their foxbat claims…turned out it was a flying brick.
I’m reading that it orbited at an altitude of up to 263 km, well above the Karman line. Is that not space?
Oh? Which test flight demonstrated that?
I’m not sure whether the orbital flight counts as test or operational, but that one. The prior test flights only had automated landings.
I don’t think it was ever confirmed. They only flew the thing once, which was confirmed. Anything else claiming superior tech I’d call USSR propaganda.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Of course everything’s made by China anyway including all the high-end stuff. The exception being computer chips.