June 05, 2020

How Much Does It Cost To Insure A Russian-Made Stealth Drone?

Featuring: Samuel Bendett

Source: Forbes

Journalist: David Axe

The Russian defense ministry has insured its new stealth drone and its control station for 1.4 billion rubles. That’s $20 million. And it’s probably worth every ruble.

The S-70 Hunter-B, a jet-powered flying-wing drone, perhaps is the most significant new warplane to emerge in Russia since the Su-57 stealth fighter that first flew in 2010 and now is in low-rate production.

The Hunter-B first appeared in January 2019 on the ground at an airfield in Novosibirsk in southern Russia. It flew for the first time on Aug. 3, 2019.

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Author

  • Samuel Bendett

    Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program

    Samuel Bendett is an Adviser with CNA Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center (SP3), where he is a member of the Russia Studies Program. His work involves research on the ...