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The US has sent hundreds of Phoenix Ghosts to Ukraine, but there have been few glimpses of the 'kamikaze' drones in action
Business Insider ^ | September 8, 2022 | Stavros Atlamazoglou

Posted on 09/09/2022 4:09:33 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

US military aid has been key to Ukraine's effective defense against Russia's renewed invasion.

Most of those weapons have come from US military stocks, but some are coming straight from the design table. The Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial system is one of them.

In late April, the Pentagon announced it would send 121 Phoenix Ghost drones to Ukraine.

According to the Pentagon, the US Air Force had been working on the Phoenix Ghost well before Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border on February 24. However, once the war started, the Pentagon decided that the drone would be well suited to the conflict in Ukraine and started adjusting its development to the Ukrainian military's particular needs.

The limited information that the Pentagon has provided about the Phoenix Ghost suggests that it is a loitering munition designed for a single attack. Often launched by soldiers who are very close to the frontlines, loitering munitions are designed for relatively short flights that end with them crashing into their target.

In April, John Kirby, chief Pentagon spokesman at the time, said the Phoenix Ghost was "akin" to the Switchblade tactical unmanned aerial system that the US military started sending Ukraine in March.

The Switchblade-300 and -600 are loitering munitions for use against infantry and armored targets, respectively. They are "basically a one-way drone," Kirby said at the time.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
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1 posted on 09/09/2022 4:09:33 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

more info on the “failed” offensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNfFaD80rlo


2 posted on 09/09/2022 4:16:47 AM PDT by FreshPrince
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To: Timber Rattler

Edging closer to WWIII. Now at least death by global warming is a fair race.


3 posted on 09/09/2022 4:17:26 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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A g-g-ghost !!!! Zoinks


4 posted on 09/09/2022 4:17:33 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Timber Rattler

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5 posted on 09/09/2022 4:31:57 AM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Luke 21:34-36


6 posted on 09/09/2022 4:59:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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That's a Mavic Air or derivative.

I doubt that is the base of this "Phoenix Ghost" as it has no load carrying capability and is suitable for recon only.

7 posted on 09/09/2022 5:06:10 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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Refining the weapon systems they’ll eventually be using on American citizens.


8 posted on 09/09/2022 5:06:35 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s difficult not to be suspect of anything this admin does..as they are known liars,propagandists,cheats and all around corrupt.


9 posted on 09/09/2022 5:11:19 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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The Ghosts of Kiev.


10 posted on 09/09/2022 5:11:24 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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Refining the weapon systems they’ll eventually be using on American citizens

...while at the same time dragging out this conflict with its attendant collateral civilian casualties

11 posted on 09/09/2022 5:33:44 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: grobdriver

Good eye. I was hoping to see a picture of the actual device.


12 posted on 09/09/2022 5:43:58 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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I don’t have time to look, but I vaguely recall the Phoenix Ghost being a derivative of the Switchblade 300 troop launched loitering munition. Fixed wing, like all such devices.


Switchblade pictured.
13 posted on 09/09/2022 6:04:12 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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This is as close to it as we are going to get for now - just this bury image

14 posted on 09/09/2022 6:12:09 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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FTA: According to the Pentagon, the US Air Force had been working on the Phoenix Ghost

I wonder why the USAF is developing Phoenix Ghost and not the US Army.

I can't find any pictures of Phoenix Ghost...perhaps it is being developed as a "Black" program.

Or perhaps this is a very realistic way to conduct OT&E.

15 posted on 09/09/2022 6:29:52 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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Switchblade? It looks more like a Swiss Army knife.


16 posted on 09/09/2022 6:32:50 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: FtrPilot

It’s a bigger switchblade I believe (like I attempted to picture above).

Mortar or tube launched. Fixed wing, so maybe the USAF called dibs.


17 posted on 09/09/2022 6:52:13 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: telescope115

It’s bc the wings pop out automatically like a switchblade.


18 posted on 09/09/2022 6:53:05 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: telescope115

PhoneixGhost, not the other.


19 posted on 09/09/2022 7:03:09 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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“I can’t find any pictures of Phoenix Ghost...perhaps it is being developed as a “Black” program.”

Well since it was sent to a war zone you can guarantee that by now the Chinese are reverse engineering samples of it.


20 posted on 09/09/2022 8:22:58 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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