• @just_another_person@lemmy.world
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      1118 hours ago

      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.

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        417 hours ago

        And the Buran system was more impressive than the shuttle, capable of completely automated flight!

          • @just_another_person@lemmy.world
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            516 hours ago

            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.

          • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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            116 hours ago

            I’m not sure whether the orbital flight counts as test or operational, but that one. The prior test flights only had automated landings.

        • Echo Dot
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          114 hours ago

          So they say but since it never even went into space it’s a bold claim.

    • Echo Dot
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      114 hours ago

      Of course everything’s made by China anyway including all the high-end stuff. The exception being computer chips.