Advanced US anti-tank drone training for Ukraine

The US has trained a small number of Ukrainians to use advanced anti-tank drones, a senior US defence official said on Wednesday.

The Switchblade, which can easily be carried by one person, has the ability to hover over a target miles away from the operator.

They weapons are often called “kamikaze” drones, because of the way they smash into their target, carrying a warhead at their tip, to destroy it.

Switchblade drones are new to the Ukrainian military, but the White House announced on 16 March it would supply 100 of them.

The Ukrainians being trained were already in the US as part of professional military education programmes, and may receive more training on other systems before returning to Ukraine in the near future, the official said.

-BBC

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