Originally Posted by Chris

They’re also sending an initial consignment of Switchblade loitering munitions (a.k.a. Kamikaze drones). These are very nasty indeed (if they land on you). It’s unlikely the Russians have any defence against them. They’re designed to launch from a tube and loiter over the battle space for a period of time (how long depends on which model it is, the 600 is bigger and has longer loiter time than the 300). The operator can perform target selection based on a video feed then issue the command to drop. They are too small and too fast to detect or evade. The smaller one punches like a mortar and will make mincemeat of non-armoured vehicles. The larger one may be effective against armour also.

I really wouldn’t like to be in the Russian army about now. It is looking more and more like there’s an appetite in America to use the Ukrainians to shred the Russian armed forces. Things are going to get pretty nasty for them in the coming days.