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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Air Support in a Backpack: The Switchblade


Air Support in a Backpack: The Switchblade
Asianometry

He gives a history of AeroVironment and the drones they have made. If the video is too long, you can read  the Asianometry post. That's what I did. I've put up several posts about drones including one that mentions AeroVironment.

The switchblade name confused me for a minute. Wasn't there a drone that had swords that extended to kill people without the use of explosives? Well, sort of, except it wasn't a drone, it was special version of a Hellfire missile, the AGM-114R9X.


Tracking The 'Sword Bombs' Of America's Drone War: Newsy + Bellingcat
Newsy

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