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Significance
As naval shipbuilding weathers delays and budget constraints, the interim solution involves fitting advanced cruise missiles to vessels of all sizes. Their effectiveness and accuracy have been demonstrated by seaborne missile launches against rebel positions in Syria.
Impacts
Russia is becoming a leading designer of hi-tech cruise missiles.
The Zircon hypersonic missile will fit into the same strategy of multi-platform systems.
Export orders may be the only way for the shipbuilding industry to avoid losing the ability to produce warships larger than a corvette.
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industry,
international relations,
politics,
arms,
defence,
military,
shipbuilding,
economy,
aerospace,
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foreign policy,
security,
technology,
Russia,
RUCIS,
CIS,
Syria
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