The government has acquired Switchblade 300 drones, to be deployed from late 2024, for an undisclosed amount.
Soldiers will get a battlefield advantage with new portable killer drones that crash kamikaze-like into the enemy, the defence industry minister says, as Australia looks to Ukraine’s resistance for ways to boost its military capabilities.
Unlike other traditional drones, which are used for reconnaissance, loitering munitions are aerial weapons designed to hover around the area of a target before attacking it by crashing into it and exploding. “We’re running programs right now to develop Australian drones. And we’re hoping to get them into the inventory as soon as possible,” Conroy said.Nationals senator Ross Cadell welcomed the purchase but added they were “a long way from a game-changer”.“It can take out personnel but between $90,000 and $120,000 a hit, it is a very expensive way of doing that,” he told Sky News.
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