Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "Air Support in a Backpack: The Switchblade" video.

  1. Even tanks could launch them as an eye in the sky that could then mark their targets for the main gun with absolute precision. It could also be used to create either smoke or strobing targets for all manner of attack points.
    15
  2. A Switchblade 300 is something around $6000 per launch and an anti tank RPG such as a AT4 is about $1500 a launch. A Switchblade 300 could take out a APC or truck that costs hundreds of thousands.
    4
  3. They were an invaluable tool for special operations in afghanistan. Forward patron USMC teams also used them. They have been sent into Ukraine as well. The thing about these types of systems is that they will be on everything from tanks to helicopters as an extra attack and recon tool.
    3
  4. Detection will be the key challenge and that will require lots of research especially for mobile counter units that can figure out what is up there. Then to counter that it will be stealth mini drones with low thermal profiles and so on.
    2
  5.  @iain3713  I think the A10 has better battlefield presence and control than a SU-25 has not because it was better designed just due to its natural characteristics.
    2
  6. Sometimes precision is not needed they just need to hit a building or a defensive position or pepper a vehicle. It only takes one or two of those rounds to take out a vehicle. Next gen A-10 will have more accurate fire systems.
    2
  7. Flak systems are going to be coming back and they will be automated. Something like C-RAM only much smaller and with counter airburst capabilities. These types of drones will also be used to pinpoint troop positions so that everything can then target the troops. We right now are at a point similar to aircraft being introduced in WW1.
    2
  8. Spent rounds are so easy to detect and they are not a kinetic risk like an landmine so if there is a major war it would not be that difficult to find them and also recycle them if need be.
    2
  9. @Armament Armed Arm It shows they do not have the ability industrially to create such large scale systems.
    2
  10. Still not as close to the action as an A-10.
    1
  11.  @tyrantfox7801  US systems are all about accuracy and rapid movement. They are designed to integrate with existing systems.
    1
  12. Only the best technical economies will be able to create defensive systems and by the time other nations catch onto it and develop counter measure this will have been a forty year old technology.
    1
  13. A spoon could be used to kill somebody as could a vehicle. The reality of the world is that evil people are finding more ingenious ways to attack the world. And to counter that the Switchblade is the answer. Look at Ukraine right now and how it is being invaded.
    1
  14. Until you have been in battle and require support from something like an A-10 you can take that mathematically draw report and ...... Troops love the A-10 as it offers a fixed wing support that nothing out there even comes close to.
    1
  15.  @RedLancerMoto  That makes no sense.
    1
  16. What about tanks that have air defence systems and their own switchblade defence systems.
    1
  17. Nonsense. Troops love them as they can be very effective.
    1