Last week, the White House announced that 100 'tactical unmanned systems' would be going to Ukraine. Here's how these flying weapons work.
The Switchblade 300 can hit targets at a range of just over 6 miles, and can fly for a total of 15 minutes. The 600 has a range of 25 miles or a flight time of 40 minutes. The Switchblade contains cameras, and video from these sensors, as well as GPS information and image processing, is used to guide the Switchblade. The Switchblade is also designed to receive targeting information from other drones, allowing it to follow and find selected targets.
If the humans directing the Switchblade see that it no longer has a target, it can be called off and then recovered. The brochure for the Switchblade 600 boasts that the weapon offers a rechargeable battery.The company that makes the Switchblade, AeroVironment, describes it as a “tactical missile system,” which hints at the weird dual-roles of the machine. It is both a flying scout and an armed weapon.
When the missiles were first proposed and tested, they were commonly referred to as either “kamikaze drones” or “suicide missiles.”
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