Pentagon plans to order and send to Ukraine 10 drone SWITCHBLADE – the newest model armed with anti-tank warheads, in addition to the previously announced delivery less than a powerful version, reports Bloomberg.
SwitchBlade-600 is part of the lethal military aid in the amount of 300 million dollars. The new 50-pound model produced by the Californian company Simi Valley can fly more than 39 kilometers and is in the air of 40 minutes before attacking the anti-tank warhead. Drone operator uses a tablet light control system with a touch screen and manually manually piloting a barragging rocket.
Early version of the drone-bomber was in service with American special forces since in 2010 it was secretly sent to Afghanistan to use against the Taliban. Army officials described it as a flying shotgun.