Posted on 06/01/2022 1:01:30 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
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“the Gray Eagle represents a leap in technology because it can fly up to 30 or more hours depending on its mission and can gather huge amounts of data for intelligence purposes. Gray Eagles, the Army’s version of the more widely known Predator drone, can also carry up to eight powerful Hellfire missiles.”
“Sell” ?
Is Ukraine gonna buy them from us with our own $40 Billion we just gave them ?
“”Generally the MQ-1C is a much larger aircraft with a max take-off weight around three times that of the Bayraktar-TB2, with commensurate advantages in payload capacity, range, and endurance,” said drone expert Dan Gettinger with the Vertical Flight Society.”
“Arming the drones with Hellfire missiles will be done via a future Presidential Drawdown Authority once training on the drones has been completed, the U.S. official and one of the sources said.”
Ukraine has $26 billion in foreign reserves - excluding US aid.
UA is buying weapons in additional to grants.
So our proxy war can now be fought behind a computer, which is nice because the Ukrainian forces are being decimated.
“#HIMARS were pre-positioned in Europe in anticipation of delivery to #Ukraine, says Colin Kahl, @DeptofDefense undersecretary.”
HIMARS can’t get into UA hands faster than some think...
Here Ukraine, here is some money we just printed....I have a great idea what you can spend it on.
That’s right,
Call it the
“Grey Beagle” cause it’s
A Dog!
Little 4 banger ,
Sheesh.
The Turkish drones the Ukes have been using have done a great job. Why change???
They’ll get popped easy with S-400s ASAP. No NATO crews aboard, so no reason not to.
Now we’re selling arms to the Nazis. Well, they have 43+ Billion dollars donated by the USA alone, they should certainly be able to afford them. I guess it’s only right, since it is our war by proxy after all.
We give them Money, then they Buy our weapons from us with it??
sure sounds like a Money Laundering operation to me
Of course.
Apparently Ukraine is more important that our kids, our veterans-—our citizens in general to the fecking morons in charge.
What surprises me are how many so called “conservatives” are 100% with the WEF globalists on this Ukraine bullshit.
<$8 billion for military equipment, all the rest, like all big bills, went to other things
Yes, the Bidenistas can probably just set up a direct deposit to US defense contractors from that $40 billion slush fund
Link?
MQ-1C Gray Eagle ER/MP Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/mq1c-gray-eagle-uas-us-army/
General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1C_Gray_Eagle
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