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The word "loitering" distinguishes it pretty far from that. It's also important that, unlike ICBMs, this is positioned to be something which would be used in mo
by AlanSE 6y ago
The word "loitering" distinguishes it pretty far from that. It's also important that, unlike ICBMs, this is positioned to be something which would be used in more than theory.
- kragen 6y agoICBMs were definitely intended to be used more than in theory in the 1950s; they likely will be if we aren't careful. Modern drones make them obsolete, of course, but some combatants are likely to have only ICBMs. Loitering missiles date back to the 1980s, 30 or 40 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loitering_munition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loitering_munition