[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

Vaden: [Where are all those drones the U.S. provided to Ukraine?? Why are they seemingly absent? Do they not work? Any info?]

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Switchblades are 5.5 lbs a pop. That would seem to be ideal for special ops. That operation in Crimea, where they may have targeted a pile of ammo, triggering the destruction of over a dozen fueled and armed aircraft? That might be kamikaze drones.

There are no silver bullets. Ultimately, Ukrainians have to adapt faster than the Russians. They don’t need to be perfect - just better and quicker. If Western aid keeps up and doesn’t fall behind Russian efforts to ramp up its war effort, the weight of that aid should turn the tide in Ukraine’s favor, assuming neither the Ukrainian government nor people lose heart and decide to give up.

[Chainmail]

Never a fan of the Switchblade: tiny little warhead.

Was much more enamored with the Israeli Spike fiberoptic guided man-portable missile but nobody listened to me back then.

[dila813]

They are saving a ton of stuff, it appears they were waiting for manpower and conditions

[Vaden]

Your comment hits at the heart of what I was getting at in a roundabout way. Iran’s drones are small but are larger than the ones Ukraine has. Plus, they have a bigger warhead.

The US has focused on big drones like the Predator, but smaller drones seem to be sneakier and deadlier. Makes me worry about our own arsenal of small drones. Perhaps we should be finding a way to disable the small ones in the air.