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>And again the cruise missiles are pilotless aircraft in everything but name. No you mean drones not missiles, an aircraft is not made to explode, one exceptio

• stretchcat 6y ago
  The Germans also had the Fi 103R which their test pilots flew a few times but was never put into combat. As for the reuse of drones, the first drone was a radio controlled de Havilland DH.82 (named Queen Bee.) This drone, and most subsequent drones until fairly recently, was a gunnery target drone. It's job was to be shot down in training, and was only made to fly once (like a drone bee, which dies after mating) The term 'drone' implied a single terminal flight until some years later, when it also came to refer to reusable unmanned aircraft in general.
  • nix23 6y ago
    True but Missiles have explosives in it...drones "normally" don't...in the modern day, in the old days everything was a bit more mixed together.