{"id":1459078,"date":"2022-04-30T18:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459078"},"modified":"2022-04-30T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T22:59:41","slug":"u-s-sending-ukraine-new-classified-suicide-drones-to-destroy-russian-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sending-ukraine-new-classified-suicide-drones-to-destroy-russian-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sending Ukraine New Classified \u2018Suicide Drones\u2019 To Destroy Russian Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-sending-ukraine-new-classified-suicide-drones-to-destroy-russian-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/drone.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration is reportedly sending more than a hundred new secretive suicide drones to Ukraine as Russian military forces are reportedly exposed after having regrouped in the eastern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix Ghost, a drone designed by the U.S. Air Force and manufactured by Aevex Aerospace, will quietly loiter over the skies of Ukraine looking for enemy units and will engage by flying directly into the target, which will detonate an explosive warhead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnalysts speculate that it is a comparatively small weapon that could be hard to see against the cloud cover that shrouds much of Ukraine in late April and in May,\u201d The San Diego Union-Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/business\/defense\/story\/2022-04-28\/solana-beach-company-providing-suicide-drones-to-ukraine-for-war-against-russia\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe vehicle\u2019s specific size, shape, payloads and capabilities haven\u2019t be disclosed. Nor has any one explained the origin of the drone\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Kirby, chief spokesman for the Pentagon, said that the system was designed \u201clargely, but not exclusively, to attack targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can also be used to give you a site picture of what it is seeing, of course. But it\u2019s principal focus is attack,\u201d Kirby said.\u00a0\u201cIts purpose is akin to that of the Switchblade, which we have been talking about in the past, which is basically a one-way drone and attack drone. And that\u2019s essentially what this is designed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2022\/04\/21\/classified-drone-us-air-force-ukraine-russia-starr-ip-vpx.cnn\">reported<\/a> last week that the drone was developed by the U.S. Air Force specifically for Ukraine\u2019s military needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pentagon [is] saying it was developed by the U.S. Air Force for Ukrainians\u2019 specific needs in this area,\u201d CNN\u2019s Barbara Starr reported last week. \u201cSimilar to the Switchblade drone that they are sending, this means it is a drone, classified project because they\u2019re not telling us what it is, but possibly has both anti-tank, anti-personnel capabilities, developed by the U.S. Air Force, again, for specific Ukrainian needs. And I emphasize this because when we looked up the company that the Pentagon said was developing this drone for Ukraine, it is a U.S. contractor that does work for U.S. Special Operations, specifically for Covert U.S. Special Operations units. This can \u2014 may now be the second classified weapons system the U.S. is giving Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sending approximately 121 Phoenix Ghost drones to Ukraine comes in addition to even more significant military hardware that the U.S. is shipping to the country in hopes of staving off Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States alone already has promised [Ukraine President Volodymyr] Zelensky nearly 190,000 artillery rounds, plus 90 howitzers to fire them,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/western-artillery-surging-into-ukraine-will-reshape-war-with-russia\/ar-AAWM6L5\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAs of Thursday, more than half had arrived in Ukraine, said a senior U.S. defense official who, like some others, spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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