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During the strike on July 31, the Russian Federation used a KN-23 ballistic missile from the DPRK, which did not reach the target (defence-ua.com)

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[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not an expert on missiles, but this image made me wonder

That looks like a spline with a groove for ball bearings. OK, maybe the explosion forcibly removed all ball bearings but one, but the real question is: shouldn't that better be lubricated and not all rusted?