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Inside Ukraine’s Long-Range Strike Campaign with the AGM-188A Rusty Dagger​

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...rike-campaign-with-the-agm-188a-rusty-dagger/
Russian media and military analysis groups were perplexed by the weapon’s presence deep inside Russian territory, noting its range and survivability against jamming compared to Ukraine’s FP-1 drones that, while still capable, have achieved impact rates below 50%. The weapon featured robust anti-jamming equipment and identifying codes that linked their construction to NATO partners in Europe and the United States.
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Rusty Dagger has a 300 nautical mile (555 km) range in low-altitude strikes, and a 500 nautical mile (926 km) range in medium-altitude strikes, giving the missile long reach against targets inside Russia. “[Attacks] are less about occupied Ukraine or Russia, more that the mission planning was design around unrestricted targeting, […] all to allow deep strike well outside of occupied Ukraine.”
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Josh_TN said:
The second uses an Anduril V100/125 engine, which makes it clearly Andurils Barracuda 500. Interesting traits: composite glass construction with aluminum, and also 500#. I had assumed this was all aluminum stamping.
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Metal stamping is cheap en masse, but the stamping dies themselves are screamingly expensive. So you gotta have that mass written into the contract to make doing the dies cost-effective.

At the dumbest level, see what happens with AKs. Or HKs/CETME/PTR, for that matter.



Josh_TN said:
Very little info in that vid. Also as far as I can tell, Anduril’s “hyperscale” business model is just designing its systems around the simplest tools and materials so semi skilled labor can easily be trained for assembly. If anything they seem like a very low tech company in terms of their hardware production doctrine.
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That is not exactly a low tech thing to do.

"Designing for production" is a pretty serious discipline. It's also what has caused modern cars to suck so bad to maintain. They're designed to be easy and fast to assemble. Which means maintenance is basically reversing steps of assembly until you can access whatever is broken.
 
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View: https://x.com/NatSecLedger/status/2097653337227227325?s=20

From Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...st-mass-producible-cruise-missile-2026-09-09/
  • Covenant targets mid-six-figure price per Anthem missile at full-rate production
  • Startup has booked about $150 million in orders and expects to begin generating cash this year
  • Dallas, Germany and Israel plants target combined output of 12,000 missiles a year
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Executives said the missile was built ‌with an ⁠eye toward the Pacific. "We were designed for the China fight," said Covenant President Abby Denburg.
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Military planners envision using ground-launched weapons designed to strike from allied islands near China, such as the Philippines — a stretch of roughly 2,000 miles that would put Chinese targets within range without relying on manned aircraft or naval strike groups.
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Anyone want to take a guess at size based on the dolly?

With those straight wings and relatively smallish external engine, this looks like it was engineered for range rather than speed or stealth. But assuming most of that body is fuel tank, range must be a four digit number in miles/kilometers.

I wonder what it’s launcher looks like and if those wings disassemble for shipping.
 
Josh_TN said:
Anyone want to take a guess at size based on the dolly?

With those straight wings and relatively smallish external engine, this looks like it was engineered for range rather than speed or stealth. But assuming most of that body is fuel tank, range must be a four digit number in miles/kilometers.

I wonder what it’s launcher looks like and if those wings disassemble for shipping.
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Based on the size in comparison to the people, I would guess around 4 m OAL. I think this thing is fits in more with the jet OWAs than typical cruise missiles. The test article in the TWZ pictures looks like it has landing gear to take off and land on a runway, but that may just be a feature for testing. I would guess that it uses a rail launcher and external booster like a Shahed, but launching from a runway with disposable gear could avoid the booster's IR signature. The TWZ article also shows them attaching the wing to the body, so it definitely does come apart.
 
Scott Kenny said:
2" square tubing, it looks like, based on difference between tubing and wheel mounts.

Develop from there.
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This image from TWZ might be a better reference since it has a human in the shot. Based on this I'd put it at 4m long, in fact probably Mk84 size (and shape) but possibly a bit bigger and wider.
 

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So I am thinking 13-14 feet in length, and thicc. Maybe 24-25” diameter at the wing?
 
Forest Green said:
Guessing but could be a starter-motor, which is probably jettisoned along with booster rocket.
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Think you are correct; it looks like this test article is set up for a rolling start, which probably requires a different engine start than a rocket booster take off. I would assume production missiles are rocket boosted with pyrotechnic engine start, but perhaps runway launch will remain an option as well. If a working runway was available, that would lower the cost (rocket booster).
 
Not James Stockdale said:
Here's what I'm looking at. Now I'm thinking more like no more than 13 ft OAL unless blue shirt guy is 2+ meters tall. If it is about the size of a Mark 84, it's not much fatter - maybe 20" vs 18" for a Mark 84. View attachment 823606
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Don't forget that the guy is in the foreground slightly and the missile is diagonal to the camera.
 

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