Switchblade Drone Trivia Quiz Questions

Switchblade drone trivia quiz questions with answers

What is a Switchblade?
A: The (military) Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition.

Where did the name Switchblade come from?
A: From the way the spring-loaded wings are folded up inside a tube and flip out once released.

The original Switchblade was re-branded the Switchblade 300 after what?
A: The much larger and very different Switchblade 600 anti-armor variant was unveiled in 2020.

The Blackwing, an unarmed variant of the Switchblade 300 was released when?
A: In 2015.

The Switchblade has sensors to help spot what?
A: Enemy fighters and an explosive warhead to attack them from above.

Who conceived the Switchblade?
A: by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).

Who developed the Switchblade?
A: The U.S. Army.

The Switchblade was meant to help U.S. troops do what?
A: Respond to enemy ambushes in Afghanistan.

The Switchblade is small enough to fit in a what?
A: A backpack.

How is a Switchblade launched?
A: From a tube.

A Switchblade flies to the target area, and crashes into its target while doing what?
A: Detonating its explosive warhead.

In May 2012, the United States Marine Corps began ordering Switchblades for what?
A: To allow troops to strike improvised explosive device (IED) emplacement teams and similar targets.

In late 2012, 75 Switchblades were supplied to whom?
A: U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Army classifies it as a direct fire munition rather than a what?
A: A drone.

Soldiers embraced it as a valuable tool, especially to reduce what?
A: Collateral damage.

The Switchblade can abort a mission if the situation changes after what?
A: After launch, allowing it to engage a secondary target or destroy itself.

In April 2015, the Marines test-fired a Switchblade out of the back of a what?
A: An MV-22 Osprey.

The drone was not equipped with a warhead but was successfully released and what?
A: Accurately steered toward a target.

From its introduction to the end of Operation Enduring Freedom, how many Switchblades were deployed in Afghanistan?
A: Over 4,000.

In mid-2017, 350 Switchblades were delivered to SOCOM for use against who?
A: The Islamic State.