US Sends 100+ Phoenix Ghost Drones to Ukraine, Compliments Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, Rocket-Propelled Grenades, helicopter-launched Hellfire Missiles and tank rounds themselves are all known and established tank-destroying weapons proven many times in combat, yet now Ukrainians are adding air-launched anti-armor attack drones to their arsenal.

Much has been discussed regarding the success of Javelin anti-tank missiles in Ukraine as fighters stage dispersed, hit-and-run ambush tactics to cripple and destroy advancing Russian armored forces, now this attack envelope will be expanded through US-delivered Phoenix Ghost drones

Phoenix Ghost Drones 

:”It can be used for anti-armor capabilities,” a Senior Pentagon official told reporters at the Pentagon, according to a transcript.

Pentagon officials say the US is delivering as many as 121, some of which have arrived. US weapons experts are training the Ukrainians how to use them.

“The Phoenix Ghost was in development by the Air Force before the war in Ukraine, and as we began to look across the department at programs that were in various stages of development, we realized that some of the very things that we were developing the Phoenix Ghost to do would be very useful to the Ukrainians”, the official said. ”“It (Phoenix Ghost) was already in development, but as we looked at the capabilities of it, it was clear that it could be useful to them in the kind of fighting that they’re doing in the Donbas”