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The Engine From the Hobby Shop

Russia's jet-powered Shahed — the Geran-3, with 800 kilometers of range at better than 300 kilometers per hour — reportedly flies on a turbojet built for radio-controlled model aircraft. The Swiwin-class engines at the heart of a strategic strike weapon are sold openly, moved by brokers, and priced like a used motorcycle. The sanctions architecture was built to police military-grade propulsion. The actual weapon runs on a hobby product.

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