US sends never-before-seen drones to Ukraine. Here's what we know

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CNN's Tom Foreman breaks down the never-before-seen 'phoenix ghost' drone that the US has sent to the Ukrainian military, drawing comparisons to the heavily utilized switchblade drone. #CNN #News
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USA, a leader in technologies, definitely has loads of new high-tech nobody knows about!

ThanhTran-ojik
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I use to be an Ordnance technician in the military, ill tell you this if the US is letting people know what it is then we have much better stuff hidden away. (I was back in 2013, I worked at M.A.G.T.F.T.C 29palms.)

roguefountain
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Let me break this down. “Well Mary we don’t know anything”. “ thanks Tom another brilliant analysis”.

macworks
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The Phoenix Ghost manufacturer has already stated that it's a type of tube-launched, loitering munition with slightly different capabilities than the Switchblade drones. It can be carried in a backpack. The Bayraktar is the size of a small aircraft and carries precision-guided missiles and bombs. Not even remotely the same thing. The Bayraktar is essentially a Turkish version of a U.S. Predator drone.

meadmaker
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His pessimistic prediction for the eastern part of Ukraine is exactly what was wrongly predicted for the entirety of Ukraine in the early days of the war.
We were all told Ukraine would fall quickly and that the only way Russia could be defeated was through a multiyear insurgency, "like in Afghanistan".
That original (and wrong) pessimism kept the West from giving Ukraine the heavy weapons it needs to defeat Russia until only recently, after Ukraine already proved itself by destroying and expelling all Russian forces from the Kyiv area using very limited resources.
We are now starting to arm Ukraine to completely defeat and completely expel Russia, which it will do, regardless of this general's obsolete pessimism.

bizda_eng_arzoni
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Gosh, I never thought I might be glad to see military equipment

angelikalindenau
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I amazes how fast US can develop a new weapon for specific battle phases. This is insane capabilities.

Baslium
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I love how the US can test their new weapons against Russians. Fucking hilarious.

PsCODFan
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The same general that said kyiv will be taken in 3 days, there is a big difference in what russia wish and what it can accomplished.

bizda_eng_arzoni
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russia has done the west a huge favor, they are getting to test loads of stuff in combat conditions without needing to be in combat themselves

sandwichman
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Nothing so pleasant as watching Russian tanks explode.

rickrose
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Thank you Turkey, you are a great help to Ukraine.

Daniel-pudw
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The USA should not be advertising these things. It would be better if they just did it and said nothing about it.

STHFGDBY
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the phoenix has larger explosive made to take out tanks where the switchblade is best for lighter armed targets like supply trucks and troop carriers.

jermyeder
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“I doesn’t go that far” idk 20 miles seems incredible for a one trip drone

Drewstir
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Canadian General Trevor Cadier was arrested in Azovstal. Under the guise of evacuating refugees, he tried to escape. But the Russians were ready)

elvirach
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A defense analyst from Janes made a good point at the beginning of this war that the Russians HAVE TO say they are fighting NATO because it justifies their longstanding xenophobia of the West. Right now the Kremlin would probably welcome fighting NATO directly not because they think they could win but because it would be easier for them to justify their failures than admitting they are doing poorly against Ukraine. The Kremlin could then cite historical precedence and say once again an invader from the West has wrongfully attacked mother Russia and inflicted serious losses on them and play up the patriotic angle. So the Kremlin's endless talk about nuclear escalation is done to reassure its population that it CAN defend Russia against a NATO attack by making it so costly that it wouldn't be worth winning.

rogerpennel
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I just think he is dead wrong. Ukraine has western intelligence and material which is allowing them to hammer the Russians.

bizda_eng_arzoni
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Ukraine is definitely a testing ground to use new weapons.

orphanagewarden
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Phoenix ghost drone with a name like that you better be shaking in your boots🤔

journeymansmitty