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A small correction - Russia launched a single "Oreshnik" (Hazelnut tree) missile, equipped with multiple (six) warheads, each of them carrying six MaRV submunitions (maneuverable reentry vehicles), which are different than MIRV's (which are simply dropped individually along the trajectory of the missile, i.e. in a straight line).

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Thank you, Lux. Your correction has been made and acknowledged.

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There is some very serious censorship going on over what Russia actually destroyed in Dnipro.

It’s described vaguely as a n “industrial site” or a “missile production facility”. But it’s a huge site and it was comprehensively destroyed. Why now ? And what was there exactly.

I suspect it was more than just production facilities. It may have been also a site housing US and/or UK military personnel involved in the targeting of the ATACMS or Storm Shadow missiles.

But the weather media are all propaganda now and we are not told the facts.

Look back to a year ago and there was a similar shrouding of who and what was actually at the Mariupol bunkers under the steel plant there that made it just a prime target. Eventually we found out it was not only Ukrainian hard core nazis but also some NATO “advisers” there.

I think we’ll eventually find out the same here.

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You may well be correct. From sources which have previously been reliable I believe that:

The facility was a Soviet era missile production facility. Reports have spoken of "bunkers" etc., which would make sense. Soviet era missile production facility -- thus potentially large and deep.

It had been repurposed to produce missiles for Ukraine. Thus, it was probably being run by western personnel -- mil intel etc..

What else apart from missile production (which may include, as you have suggested targeting) was going on, I know not. And, if the facility was large, with extensive subterranean facilities then this is somewhat similiar to those in Mariupol. Lastly, Russia would have wanted to do something significant when it released to the world its new capability.

So, thanks for the hint. I'll keep my eyes peeled for additional information concerning Yuzhmash.

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"In February–March 2018, Pivdenmash announced plans to develop a testing platform for Hyperloop technology developed by Elon Musk and was scheduled for completion in 2019 in Dnipro.[9] Thought the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine later cancelled this as an "absurd" project.[10] Even so, by 2021, the group was reported to have partnerships with 23 countries, including Saudi Arabia.[11]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA_Pivdenmash

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