{
  "id": 8993406,
  "title": "Russia’s threat isn’t better missile, it’s 14,000 cheap ones. Its new deadly weapon was built in early 1990s, experts say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/russias-threat-isnt-better-missile-its-14-000-cheap-ones-its-new",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:42:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/21/russias-threat-isnt-better-missile-its-14000-cheap-ones-its-new-deadly-weapon-was-built-in-early-1990s-experts-say/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia plans to produce 14,000 Dan-T cruise missiles next year, capable of raining down on Ukrainian cities in swarms, according to RBC-Ukraine. The missile, built on a 1990s design, is an air-launched jet missile that flies autonomously for hundreds of kilometers, making it a major threat due to its sheer numbers rather than advanced capabilities. The Dan-T is cheaper to produce than Russia's other new cruise weapon, the S8000 Banderol, and could potentially replace it due to its lower cost. Each missile is equipped with a warhead and a special flight profile designed to evade air defense systems. The Dan-T and Banderol are part of Russia's efforts to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses with a barrage of cheap missiles, stretching resources and making it difficult for Ukrainian crews to intercept all targets.",
  "summary": "The cheap, air-launched Dan-T is built to be fired by the thousand, piling onto the drones and missiles already straining Ukraine's air defense.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}