Ukraine's Flamingos Crush Russia's Space Program
Peter Zeihan
5 min
Russia is losing its technological power and becoming dependent on China while Ukraine destroys its industry. Russia will likely lose its ability to export resources from the Black and Baltic Seas before year's end.
Chapters
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0:00
Ukraine's Attack on Russian Space Infrastructure
Ukraine has damaged Russia's primary rocket assembly site, halting its satellite launch program. The attack utilized a Ukrainian-built missile called the Flamingo, which is more powerful than US Tomahawks.
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1:52
Industrial Production Disparity
Ukraine can produce these missiles daily, while the US produces only about 60 per year.
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3:00
Collapse of Russian Space Capability
Russia will likely lose its space program by year's end due to industrial destruction. Russia is being forced to rely solely on exporting raw materials like crude oil. Russia is being removed from the global space arena and losing its ability to export resources.
Key points
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Ukraine has severely damaged the Russian complex where Soyuz 2 rockets are assembled.
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Russia's plan to launch hundreds of independent military satellites is now on hold.
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The Flamingo carries a warhead over twice as heavy as the typical Tomahawk missile.
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Ukraine produces three Flamingo missiles daily compared to sixty Tomahawks annually.
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Russia will likely have no space program by the end of the current year.
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Russia must now depend on third-party reconnaissance, primarily from China.
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No Russian industrial facility within a thousand miles of the border is safe.
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Russia is being reduced to a resource power exporting crude oil for currency.
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Ukraine's drone campaign is destroying Russia's capacity to be a large-scale resource exporter.
On the map
Who and where
Places · 7
- Russia 13
- Ukraine 10
- Moscow 2
- People's Republic of China 2
- Samara 1
- Baltic Sea 1
- Black Sea 1
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