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What’s the difference between a Tomahawk cruise missile and a drone? Tomahawk is already (2015) available with reconnaissance camera and loiter mode. Is the d
by TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
What’s the difference between a Tomahawk cruise missile and a drone?
Tomahawk is already (2015) available with reconnaissance camera and loiter mode.
Is the distinction that drone can return to base, or otherwise land and be reused?
- Eridrus 6y agoA tomahawk is not an anti-air weapon.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoThat can't be the defining feature. I suspect 'drone' is a catch all term for things that don't have more specific names.
- nordsieck 6y ago> What’s the difference between a Tomahawk cruise missile and a drone? With human pilots, there is a bright line separating aircraft and missiles (although even that line wasn't completely firm - see Kamikazi attacks). Taking the pilot out of the equation, that line dissolves into a gradient. > Is the distinction that drone can return to base, or otherwise land and be reused? That's probably the most useful distinction.
- 1e-9 6y agoA Tomahawk is a drone, just not the kind discussed in this article. A Tomahawk is subsonic missile designed to attack land and sea targets. The drone they are talking about here would be able to attack land, sea, and air targets. It would be vastly more maneuverable, faster, reusable, have AI specific to air-to-air combat, and I assume it would have greater versatility in selection of its munitions during an engagement.
- kosmischemusik 6y agoThe Tomahawk is intended for a single target whereas a drone would be able to have multiple engagements. Further, the drone may not necessarily used for combat, it could be used as a decoy.