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Drift is over a given time, not distance. Missiles generally have an very short fly time, even if they're going really far.
by ohazi 8y ago
Drift is over a given time, not distance. Missiles generally have an very short fly time, even if they're going really far.
- azernik 8y agoCruise missiles are very different from (quasi-)ballistic or anti-aircraft missiles - they fly at subsonic speeds at low altitudes (usually using a turbojet) to avoid interception. For example, the classic Tomahawk flies at ~900km/h, with the long-range variants having a range of 2500km, giving a maximum flight time on the order of hours, and so a pure INS drift on the order of low hundreds of meters.