That footage reveals the first confirmed use of the tank-busting Switchblade-600 drone that the U.S. first ordered for delivery to Ukraine last year. #Ukraine: The first external view of a Ukrainian Switchblade 600 loitering munition, donated by the US- Russian soldiers filming the wreckage after detonation. pic.twitter.com/HkLcjQ6TKb — 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 20, 2023Just a few weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 23, 2022, the Biden administration announced it was sending hundreds of Switchblade systems to Ukraine. And that’s after counting out dozens of missed Russian drone attacks also recorded on camera. Thus, in the spring of 2022, the U.S. placed a $2.2 million initial order for ten Switchblade-600 systems.

Source: Forbes April 21, 2023 16:07 UTC