The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare

Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by glogla on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:20PM (#31317818)

I think these are pretty complementary. Switchblade 300 is a 10km range Javelin (same warhead in fact) with integrated surveillance capability that can go beyond range of sight. It is not there to replace mortars, artillery and MRLS, which are area weapons.

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Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by openasocket on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:42PM (#31318092)

switchblade 600 has the Javelin-like warhead, switchblade 300 has something equivalent to a 40mm grenade for a warhead

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Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by kevin_thibedeau on Monday May 09, 2022 @03:38PM (#31318738)

The 300 is the low collateral assassination drone when you can't use sword bombs.

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Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by thelittleone on Monday May 09, 2022 @02:32PM (#31317968)

The switchblade 300 has the same warhead as a javelin? Got a source for that?

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Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by foxyv on Monday May 09, 2022 @03:54PM (#31318916)

It's the 600 with the tank buster.

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Re:The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare by gpderetta on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:18PM (#31319183)

Artillery has been used by Ukraine, and by a lesser extent by Russia, extremely effectively as a precision weapon against all kind of targets, including MBTs.

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