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by the way, what happened to the Koala?
Officially all the works were frozen at Raduga in '92, but no one can say that Kh-90/GELA wasn't a basis for more advanced projects. I've seen GELA recently in Raduga museum being shown in TV footage, but who can say when it was made. Flieger Revue was proving a ground in 2004 in an article by Gerhard Kowalski
http://worldweapon.ru/sam/stat2.php
Military hypersonic appliances in Russia are highly touchy question, with security level raised much higher since the beginning of the century, so not sure if anyone will be ready to discuss in details. From my talks to TsIAM guys in 2003 they were buying paper for printer on their own pocket moneys...and NEVA MHD project not seems to wash in money flow.