China’s Zhongnanhai Left Reeling: 720 Lethal Switchblade Drones En Route – A Game-Changing Military Move

The United States announced in June that it would sell drones to Taiwan with a total price of US$360 million. Bloomberg reported new progress in arms sales on the 28th. Industry insiders pointed out that Taiwan has signed a formal agreement with the US government to provide services to AeroVironment and Anduril. Industries is purchasing up to 1,000 attack drones to weaken Beijing’s potential attack capabilities against Taiwan.

Bloomberg quoted industry insiders as saying on the 28th that Taiwan has signed a formal agreement with the US government to purchase up to 1,000 attack drones from AeroVironment and Anduril Industries. The picture shows the information photo of Kongjing Company’s logo. (Reuters)

The United States announced in June that it would sell drones to Taiwan with a total price of US$360 million. Bloomberg reported new progress in arms sales on the 28th. Industry insiders pointed out that Taiwan has signed a formal agreement with the US government to provide services to AeroVironment and Anduril. Industries is purchasing up to 1,000 attack drones to weaken Beijing’s potential attack capabilities against Taiwan.

The report pointed out that Taiwan signed a “letter of offer and acceptance” at the end of September, which is an important procedure before officially signing the contract, confirming the quantity, dollar price and delivery date. The contract will be signed soon, according to anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

In response to the report, a U.S. State Department spokesperson declined to comment on any pending arms sales to Taiwan, as did Taiwan’s representative in the U.S. and the U.S.-Taiwan Business Association.

The U.S. State Department notified the U.S. Congress in June that it had approved the arms sales of 291 Altius600M-V drones with a total price of US$300 million, and as many as 720 Skyland Switchblade 300 drones with a total price of US$60 million. arms sales.

The picture shows an Altius600M-V drone. According to Altius, the Altius600M-V drone is a multi-purpose aircraft that allows one operator to control multiple drones. The drone has a flight range of up to 160 kilometers and a flight time of nearly 2 hours; Kongjing The company’s Switchblade 300 drone weighs only 4 pounds (about 1.8 kilograms), can hover above a target for about 20 minutes, and is equipped with a specialized anti-armor warhead, with a flight range of about 30 kilometers.

Attack drones have become an important element in modern warfare. In the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia and Ukraine each deployed thousands of drones to monitor each other’s actions and carry out strikes. Retired Major General Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Washington think tank “The Foundation for Defense of Democracies” and former director of operations of the U.S. Pacific Command, said that this arms sale shows that both Taiwan and the United States are taking advantage of Ukraine. Important lessons were learned from the war.

Source: Zhongshi News

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