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Context: US President announced $800 million in new military aid for Ukraine, including 800 additional Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 9,000 antitank weapons, 100 tactical drones including Kamikaze or suicide drones.
What are Kamikaze drones?
- Also called Switchblade drones, these are small unmanned aircraft that are packed with explosives that can be flown directly at a tank or a group of troops.
- The Switchblade drones have cameras that show a target seconds before impact.
- The drones are difficult to detect on radar, and they can even be programmed to hit targets without human intervention, based on facial recognition.
- Technical specifications: Weighing just five-and-a-half pounds, Switchblade can be taken into battle in a backpack and fly up to 7 miles to hit a target. They are called Switchblade because their bladelike wings spring out on launch.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-kamikaze-drones-lethal-weapon-being-sent-us-ukraine-7824474/
