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Putin’s Problem: Up to 1,000 Switchblade Kamikaze Drones Are Headed to Ukraine
1945 ^ | 3/17/2022 | Sebastien Roblin

Posted on 03/17/2022 11:24:44 AM PDT by tlozo

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Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 @michaeldweiss

Note 100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems. These are Switchblades. One system = ten munitions each, according to a US military source. So it’s 1,000 munitions.

https://mobile.twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1504399671632048128

1 posted on 03/17/2022 11:24:44 AM PDT by tlozo
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To: tlozo

Maybe and might. Could be or not


2 posted on 03/17/2022 11:26:42 AM PDT by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Proxy wars... what could go wrong?


3 posted on 03/17/2022 11:27:17 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: tlozo

Our government getting practice using drones on Putin before they use them on us....


4 posted on 03/17/2022 11:29:45 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: tlozo

Rumor has it that some of these are more advanced fire-and-forget systems that can fly autonomously to an enemy position, select a target, and go boomzie.


5 posted on 03/17/2022 11:29:58 AM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: Gene Eric

Dresden v2.0


6 posted on 03/17/2022 11:30:02 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: tlozo

I’ve heard of these cheap drones for a while.

First Javelins, cheap SAMS, and now even cheaper Switchblades, seems Ivan brought a knife to a gunfight.

This is WWIII folks. Defense rules.


7 posted on 03/17/2022 11:31:16 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: tlozo

Are the Ukrainians trained to operate all these Bond-villain toys??


8 posted on 03/17/2022 11:31:50 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Gene Eric

Proxy war via responding to an invasion by Russia.

We’re on the right side. Fighting against the tyranny of a nut job dictator.


9 posted on 03/17/2022 11:32:34 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: Gene Eric

World War IV

It’s FANtastic!


10 posted on 03/17/2022 11:32:56 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: tlozo

One wonders if Ukraine was a motivation for Biden’s hasty retreat from Kabul last year?

If one knew that confrontation would be increased, that a war would be sparked within 6 months, and you would be sending weapons to bleed Russia, you wouldn’t want your troops (or reputation) subject to the same situation in Afghanistan, would one?


11 posted on 03/17/2022 11:33:39 AM PDT by PGR88
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We’re on the right side. Fighting against the tyranny of a nut job dictator.

Are these drones going to hit the White House?

12 posted on 03/17/2022 11:34:20 AM PDT by Right Brother
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Fighting against the tyranny of a nut job dictator.

Excellent political analysis.....for 5 year olds.

13 posted on 03/17/2022 11:34:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: tlozo
The pee tape was fake and the laptop was real. And here Neocons are lining up behind Biden's illegal war.

What gives with you guys?

14 posted on 03/17/2022 11:35:46 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: MercyFlush
Rumor has it that some of these are more advanced fire-and-forget systems that can fly autonomously to an enemy position, select a target, and go boomzie.

It's a robocop war. I watched some videos on use of these weapons in Ukraine against Russian tanks. The scary one is I think the NLAW shoulder fired missile. The operator selects the target with a down-arrow pointed down at the tank, holds the view for 3 to 5 seconds and fires. He can then move away and the missile does the rest, the electronics follow the tank and detonate above the tank, burning a hole from above and baking the tank soldiers. Doesn't have to make contact with the tank at all.

15 posted on 03/17/2022 11:37:01 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: tlozo
Hi.

Next up?

Ninja kamikaze drones.

Film at 11.

5.56mm

16 posted on 03/17/2022 11:37:12 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: PGR88

LOL, but you represent the Russian Troll losers much better.


17 posted on 03/17/2022 11:37:41 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: tlozo

The Deep State wants WW3 so bad...


18 posted on 03/17/2022 11:38:50 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see.#MAGA)
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To: JonPreston

Bidens illegal war?

Dont think the US is in a war. Have I missed something?


19 posted on 03/17/2022 11:39:27 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: EasySt

So...the Deep State is Russia...


20 posted on 03/17/2022 11:39:51 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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