Unlike long-range Predator drones, which look similar to small planes and fire missiles at targets, the smallest Switchblade model fits in a rucksack and flies directly into targets to detonate its small warhead.
announced by President Joe Biden Wednesday -- among nearly 10,000 anti-armor weapons, 800 anti-aircraft Stinger systems, and thousands of rifles -- appeared 100"tactical unmanned aerial systems."The 100 unmanned systems heading to Ukraine are actually small"Switchblade" drones, a U.S. official told ABC News.A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle carrying a Hellfire missile lands at a secret air base after flying a mission in the Persian Gulf region, Jan.
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, launch the Switchblade 300, a weaponized Small Unmanned Air System, at Range 230 for Integrated Training Exercise 1-20 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 23, 2019. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Graham Rouse with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, launches the Switchblade 300, a weaponized Small Unmanned Air System, at Range 230 for Integrated Training Exercise 1-20 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 23, 2019.
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