"A new technology is making waves in the Russian Navy. To combat the cost of having to buy new aircraft, engineers have devised a solution to stop Naval jets from crashing when they land."
>Rubber Curtain has been through 3 years of prototyping
>cost is "billions" (presumably Rubles, which equals millions of USD at this scale)
>Navy has already had to defend itself against critics for this innovation
An observer can be seen in the video at 1:11 closely inspecting the deployed version of the technology in use.
Source: BBC News, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FVcegCycVs
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