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Any objective observer will remember 2023 as the year the fearsome reputation of NATO’s high-tech weapons and military equipment came crashing down after running into the force of Russian arms. Sputnik asked five leading Russian and US military experts for their takes on the top five Russian weapons of the outgoing year.

Some Russian weapons have underperformed in Ukraine, but the 35-pound Lancet drone has proven capable of taking out a range of targets from far away.

Ukraine could receive further supplies of Switchblade 600 suicide drones, which could boost Kyiv's defense capabilities, Charlie Dean, vice president of global business development and marketing at defense contractor AeroVironment, said, Newsweek reported on Thursday.

Earlier in the year Ukraine revealed that it planned to spend over half a billion dollars on UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), but what was not revealed was the extent of efforts to add more capabilities to commercial UAVs as well and the growing number b

“The deal was always [first] that we would give them two Reaper systems, bring them to Ukraine to train, but we have now sweetened that to cover spare parts, reach back technical support, and we would even include some initial transfer of data," said C. Mark Brinkley, chief marketing and communications strategist at GA-ASI.

Kyiv expects to get additional shipments of Switchblade 600 suicide drones in the near future, Newsweek reported on Oct. 12.

The Switchblade 600 is "tremendously important to the defense of Ukraine," said AeroVironment VP of global business development and marketing Charlie Dean.

Earlier in the year Ukraine revealed that it planned to spend over half a billion dollars on UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), but what was not revealed was the extent of efforts to add more capabilities to commercial UAVs as well and the growing number b

With no end in sight, the Ukrainian military will need a steady supply of the weapons and munitions that have allowed it to stop the Russian forces in their tracks and push them back.

Other high-profile airstrikes in the past had inadvertently killed innocent civilians. In this case, the US carefully chose to use a type of Hellfire missile that greatly minimized the chance of other casualties. Although US officials have not publicly confirmed which variant of the Hellfire was used, experts and others…