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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones to the layman, "have become a regular feature of American life," the Biden White House said Monday in a fact sheet explaining how it plans to expand regulation of them.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense spokesperson, Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, told Newsy the Phoenix drones will be quickly dispatched to the front lines.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense spokesperson, Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, told Newsy the Phoenix drones will be quickly dispatched to the front lines.

House howitzers look like and they can be used to great effect against tanks, against anything that is really out there on the battlefield and in the eastern part of the country, that is going to be really important. the switchblade drone, which is similar to the phoenix ghost, it can hit anti-armor targets, anti-personnel effects on those targets. it cruises about 7 m0 miles per hour. this is also critically important. and/or, bits way, can go up to 20 miles from its launchpoint. >> lot of info...

Weapon until today. the pentagon saying it was developed by the u.s. air force for ukrainians specific needs in this area. similar to the switchblade drone that they are sending, this means it is a drone, classified project because theyre 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 dr...

The U.S. is looking at options to train Ukrainians to operate newly delivered Switchblade drones, including using troops already on NATOs eastern flank.

Invasion. but in addition to that we also got a little more insight into one of the other major weapons that the u.s. has been giving to the ukrainians, and that is the switchblade drone. it has already been proven to be extremely effective against the russians. its essentially a drone that can take out many russian -- much russian equipment on the ground. and obviously as a drone and unmanned system it doesnt put an operator in danger when its doing so. we now know that 100 of those drones have...

Didnt have on that list which think could be a real game changer is the switchblade drones. this is basically a kamikaze drone that can be launched by a soldier, its electric so you cant hear it its literally silent, but deadly. it can later over the top of th target. so it doesnt matter what kind of defenses you have upfront. when the this can be lethal theres only 100 you of these i this first batch, but i would suspect that is going to become the new favorite weapon of the ukrainians because ...

Considering sending specifically the switchblade drone, which is a killer tactical drone. this would be poe -- it could be a potential game changer on the ground there providing the ukrainians the ability to take out targets on the ground while in a contested airspace, meaning they would not have to worry about their manned aircraft being shot down because its off is dangerous airspace over ukraine right now. and also what stood up, 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and the rifles. the ...

And moving forward. mike tobin, thank you very much. michael mccaul, a republican congressman from the great state of texas, ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, member of the house homeland security committee, now in focus. congressman, great to see this morning. first of all, i want to get your reaction to what we are sending. i mean, the switchblade drone that has that warhead that can penetrate those who dug in forces by the russian, what i would call an army of terrorists ...