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Less risk. >> okay. lets talk about these switchblade drones. theyre small, theyre cheap. this is important. are there enough? >> no. in the initial package is 100. theyre probably going to need at least ten times that. the tent of this capability is to be used in swarms. 100 wont be, but maybe three or four swarms. advantage of this is it is tube launched, from the ground, 120 pounds carried by a single person and it has got a range of 40 miles. and it can hover over a target for 20 minutes. so...

Situationable awareness. and communication is not that effective. the russian war planners are off their timeline. so that, again, puts the russian military leadership out in front. puts them out in the field. makes them very good targets of opportunity. the fourth is that frankly the ukrainian capability, not only with their drones and so forth, the ability to strike back, the russia leadership and the russian forces in the field are a great target. thats what youre seeing. having four senior g...

Capabilities used extensively by the azerbaijanis in the recent war with armenia back in 2020 to great effect against the armenian armor. but instead, what weve seen in this particular conflict with the russians is they havent really used drones at all which surprised us because the russians have been investing heavily in drones. i think what you will see with switch blade is the ukrainians getting a very effective loitering munition capability they can use to great effect against russian armor....

Country that he believes basically one of the same as those people, thats one of the causes for the war, hes trying to deliberate people, to then conducted nuclear strike on them, that is not something that hes able to walk away from. and also, hes not the only one -- yes, hes the ultimate decision-maker. but there are plenty of russian military officers in that chain that our understanding how this can unfold, or the risks this can bring. there is no such thing as a tactical deployment of a nuc...

Bilateral diplomatic meeting that lacked the urgency that certainly zelenskyy would want to hear. hearkens back to blankets and mrs. you can talk about humanitarian assistance all you want. and thats important. thats very, very important. people doing it by the way do deserve our thoughts and prayers that is an important component of it. my goodness this is about missiles and capability to beat back the russian war machine dropping bombs on towns across the country. and its regular ukrainians, s...

Can create their own no-fly zone if they have certain equipment and weapons and this weapons system could really help. its called the s hch 300 ps mobile surface-to-air mobile defense air system. its a soviet air system, a competitor to the patriot air system. some of the common models carrying a 293-pound warhead. that i have a range of 46 miles an here is the key capability. they can strike targets at altitudes of up to 82,000 feet. stingers cannot hit that far. they can only traveled five mil...

Support instead it is refusing to condemn this aggression. >> as lloyd lawson is traveling in slovakia a nato country willing to send surface to air missile defense system known as the s300, but it is only if the u.s. will back fill with new equipment and secretary austin was noncommittal when asked about that. >> our goal has been to continue to reinforce those things in for the ukranian forces. so we are talking to a number of our allies and partners to insure that we get as much capability as...

Secretary ben wallace said in place of the mig 29s, the british government is exploring the possibility of donating short range, man portable, air defence systems. we need to protect anti—air capability of ukraine. what is the most appropriate tool? the note they have said what they wish and you have said what they wish and you have acted on where they have asked us and thats where talking about today and it is a matter for poland and i will support whatever their choice is and in the meantime...

Maneuver on your way down doesnt make that much of a difference. these weapons are fast, but there are a lot of weapons that are fast. ballistic missiles go this speed or faster. but the new generation of hypersonics maneuver on the way down. the ukraine doesnt have good intercepting capability to defend with. so in that regard, i dont see it as a game-changer, just one more incremental step. >> understood. so, thom, president biden, is set to travel to europe this week to meet with our allies a...

Physical stamina and toughness and mental toughness because every room can contain, every room adrenaline is pumping. we used to ask how many rooms and a fire team or squad clear before we need to give them a break and place them with another element? in mind youve got to keep people in the building is cleared for us the enemy will come up behind you. lets recognize the extraordinary performance by contrast of the ukrainian forces which has shown themselves an enormous part, enormous capability....