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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more info on the “failed” offensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNfFaD80rlo
Edging closer to WWIII. Now at least death by global warming is a fair race.
A g-g-ghost !!!! Zoinks
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
Luke 21:34-36
I doubt that is the base of this "Phoenix Ghost" as it has no load carrying capability and is suitable for recon only.
Refining the weapon systems they’ll eventually be using on American citizens.
It’s difficult not to be suspect of anything this admin does..as they are known liars,propagandists,cheats and all around corrupt.
The Ghosts of Kiev.
...while at the same time dragging out this conflict with its attendant collateral civilian casualties
Good eye. I was hoping to see a picture of the actual device.
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.
Switchblade? It looks more like a Swiss Army knife.
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.
It’s bc the wings pop out automatically like a switchblade.
PhoneixGhost, not the other.
“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.
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