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Thiel-backed Covenant to mass-produce deep strike missiles in US, Germany, Israel
Financial Times World·US · DE · IL·2 days ago
Covenant, a Peter Thiel-backed startup, plans to mass-produce low-cost long-range missiles, targeting the US and European need to replenish arsenals amid potential conflicts with Russia or China. This marks a shift toward commercial, scalable defense manufacturing, potentially disrupting traditional prime contractors. The claim is based on a single report; details on production capacity and cost are unverified.
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