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Headline: U.S. Marine Corps Test Advanced Small Loitering Drones

Caption: U.S. Marine Corps soldiers are seen testing advance small drone types. They include Drone40, an autonomous, loitering grenade deployed from either a 40mm grenade launcher or by hand, and the Switchblade drone, which is designed as a "kamikaze," being able to crash into its target with an explosive warhead to destroy it. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Parrott, a native of Richmond, Va., and a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment (1/2), 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), launches a Switchblade Drone during a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 7, 2021. 1/2 is tasked as 2d MARDIV’s experimental infantry battalion to test new gear, operating concepts and force structures. The unit’s findings will help refine infantry battalions across the Marine Corps in accordance with Force Design 2030. ()

Keywords: 2d Marine Division,USMC,Switchblade,Drone-40,Drones,V1/2,quirky,offbeat,science,tech,technology,sci,news,invention,innovation,auto,autonomous,robo,robot

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