Biden considers giving devastating Switchblade tank-killing 'kamikaze' drones ...

anatta said:
delusions/fantasies

Documents reveal U.S. military’s frustration with White House, diplomats over Afghanistan evacuationhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/08/afghanistan-evacuation-investigation/
"senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban’s steady advance on Afghanistan’s capital."
The end result was a situation "placing American troops ordered to carry out the withdrawal in greater danger."
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What has that got to do with Trump being Putin's lap dog?

Nothing.

You are a shameless shill and everyone sees right through you, Ivanatta.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
only an idiot would still think Trump weakened NATO......
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Only a shameless Trump ass-licker would deny that was Trump's intention after his publicly stated views on NATO.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...-waiting-for-possible-us-withdrawal-from-nato

Moron.
 
McRocket said:
Interesting but probably means little.

Apparently, these things have the same warhead as those on Javelin ATGM's.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/...ssile-to-equip-us-naval-special-warfare-craft
America is - supposedly - already sending a bunch of them to Ukraine.
And they would be - in theory - a LOT more effective against targets than a slow drone.

But even (apparently) Javelin's cannot easily defeat, modern armored vehicles.
Major armies now are equipping their tanks/APC's/IFV's with Active Protection Systems (APS) like Arena for Russia and Trophy for Israel, America, Germany, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_(countermeasure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)

They can track and destroy any missile/drone threat that comes into range.
They have already been tested in combat and are extremely effective.

No doubt, the MSM will make a big deal of these drones.
And no doubt - as usual with the MSM - they have not a clue what they are talking about.
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I guess we will see what happens in actual combat.
 
Damocles said:
Let's do it! While doing it tell Russia that you aren't afraid of their suicidal threats and we'd be almost on the same page. It's still not too late to do the right thing.
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I think Biden has stated he will send in 'defensive' weapons so Ukraine can defend itself, but not send in 'offensive' weapons (like Planes) that could escalate and broaden the War.

(Keep in mind, the GREATER STRATEGY, may be to make PERMANENT ENEMIES of Russia and Ukraine, SLAVIC BROTHERS with a common ethnic history)
 
Truth Detector said:
No such thing in the US arsenal. I can't find a legitimate source for this.
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"The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition drone developed by AeroVironment. It is designed as a "kamikaze drone", being able to crash into its target with an explosive warhead to destroy it. Wikipedia
Unit cost: USD $6,000"
 
Jack said:
"The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition drone developed by AeroVironment. It is designed as a "kamikaze drone", being able to crash into its target with an explosive warhead to destroy it. Wikipedia
Unit cost: USD $6,000"
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It's a joke. A drone flying at 115 mph with a tiny warhead cannot drive through armor. :rolleyes:
 
Truth Detector said:
It's a joke. A drone flying at 115 mph with a tiny warhead cannot drive through armor. :rolleyes:
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In 8 minutes Detester went from claiming it did not exist, to claiming to be an expert on it, and that it is not big enough.

115 mph is much faster than a tank, so it can outrun a tank. It appears to have warheads that can kill the crew of a tank. Even if it did not, it can be hyper-targeted, so could disable a tank with smaller warhead.
 
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