Posted on 04/22/2022 4:45:49 AM PDT by GonzoII
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 6:30 p.m. to include clarifying comments from the Pentagon press secretary on when the Phoenix Ghost was developed.The Pentagon is giving Ukraine a secretive new drone that the U.S. Air Force has developed—one that “very nicely” suits the needs of the Ukrainian military, the Pentagon revealed April 21.
The U.S. will deliver at least 121 of the new Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine as part of a new $800 million assistance package announced by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby. But, what is the Phoenix Ghost?
“This is a drone that had been in development before the invasion, clearly,” Kirby said during an afternoon press briefing. “The Air Force was working this, and in discussions with the Ukrainians about their requirements, we believed that this particular system would very nicely suit their needs, particularly in eastern Ukraine.”
Kirby’s comments mark a slight change from those made by a senior defense official earlier in the day. In a background briefing, the official said the Phoenix Ghost was “rapidly developed by the Air Force, in response, specifically, to Ukrainian requirements.”
Kirby said he did not have an exact date for when Phoenix Ghost started development. But given that the Air Force had at least 120 to send from its inventory, “You’re not going to have 120 on your shelves if you just started buying them on the 24th of February,” the day Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.
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The exact capabilities that Phoenix Ghost will offer to Ukraine are being kept under wraps, as Kirby declined to comment. But he did say the drone is “akin” to the Switchblade drone that the U.S. has already delivered to Ukraine…
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Actual racist comment... You do realize that don’t you?
Keep that crap off of FR
So Russia and China get a new toy to take apart and design defenses against.
Why the hell not!!!
That’s right. It will be used to go to downtown Moscow over the kremlin.
The U.S. will deliver at least 121 of the new Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine as part of a new $800 million assistance package announced by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby. But, what is the Phoenix Ghost?
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Having fattened the profits of the government connected Big Pharma companies, fedGov now fattens the profits of the connected defense companies. Just one big happy fascist FedGov corporation.
It is a non-recoverable drone.
Sort of a cruise missile with loitering and target selection capabilities?
Service testing new ideas. i.e. requirements validation.
If the USAF built it, you can pretty much bet that it’s a recon platform that comes home after it’s mission. The Army & Marines are more concerned with blowing stuff up. It’s also possible that the USAF is pawning off some junk sitting around I their inventory because they already have a better replacement.
The only solution will be disarmament! That will teach them. /s
Are these the tiny switchblade type ?
you don’t think that’s a race? or calling people ‘chinks’ is a racist slur on a group of people?
you’re even stupider than we thought
you don’t think that’s a race? or calling people ‘chinks’ is a racist slur on a group of people?
you’re even stupider than we thought
Brandan throwing gas on the fire.
Well that’s a smart move. Let the Russians know what is coming.
Nice double post, and no it’s a Nationality genius.
Who’s “we”? Are you Fauci?
Guess it’s not secretive any more....
Every posted reply in FR has a red letter admonishment “Loose lips sink ships”..
Secrets are not secrets when someone has to brag about what they know. Or is it just stupidity? like calling your mom or girlfriend from the battlefield, or posting on fakebook.
Look what i know, look what i have, look where i am, look what I’m doing…
The U.S. will deliver at least 121 of the new Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine as part of a new $800 million assistance package announced by Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby. But, what is the Phoenix Ghost?
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The exact capabilities that Phoenix Ghost will offer to Ukraine are being kept under wraps, as Kirby declined to comment. But he did say the drone is “akin” to the Switchblade drone that the U.S. has already delivered to Ukraine.
Switchblades are often referred to as “kamikaze drones” or “loitering munitions” because they are capable of flying over a target before crashing and detonating in a precision strike. Different versions of the Switchblade can fly between 15 and 40 minutes, with a range from 10 to 40 kilometers.
The Phoenix Ghost is “designed for tactical operations,” Kirby said. “In other words, largely but not exclusively to attack targets. It, like almost all unmanned aerial systems, of course, has optics. So it can also be used to give you a sight picture of what it’s seeing, of course, but its principal focus is attack.”
Kirby later added that the drone is a one-way system, meaning it is not meant to be recovered.
https://www.airforcemag.com/air-force-rapidly-developed-a-new-drone-for-ukraine-phoenix-ghost/
I’m just wondering... is it even necessary to reveal this and let the enemy know what we have?
Do the Russians and Chinese reveal every secret weapon they have to journalists?
It's like a restaurant owner getting strong armed by a local thug... he goes to the local mob guy for protection and offers to make him a partner. The mob guy say, "he I really don't need to be a partner in a restaurant, what do I know about restaurants?.... "
The restaurant owner literally BEGS to be a partner with the mobster. Well once the mobster is a "partner", it runs up credit, screws the suppliers and steals everything that isn't bolted down... then torches the place for insurance money and walks away.... with tons of cash.
It is ALL about the money. All of it..... that's why when a democrat, RINO and the MSM yap about going to war.. grab your wallet and your son.... cause they're just part of their game.
Watch "Goodfellas" and it will give you a way of seeing Ukraine, Russia and our Deep State.
copy and paste this... it'll make you laugh.... just imagine the Ukraine as the restaurant owner with the bandage on his forehead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGjPCOpbv0
Yeah, I read the article an other than a single line from the spokesman saying it was ‘similar’ to the ‘Switchblade’ system the article only went into detail on Switchblade. So nobody really knows. Plus, I really doubt that the USAF would design a system that fires out of a mortar tube. That makes sense if you are sending a drone over the hill to sniff for the enemy... but there are established systems for that.
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