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There's been a lot of talk about "kamikaze drones" lately, but aren't these basically slow cruise missiles that have the option to loiter and come home?
by decafninja 5y ago
There's been a lot of talk about "kamikaze drones" lately, but aren't these basically slow cruise missiles that have the option to loiter and come home?
- musingsole 5y agoA ramming drone can be a fatal weapon. Thinking on that, the difference seems to be a drone is cheaper with more precision compared to a guided missile. Also can fit in a backpack or purse.
- decafninja 5y agoDoing a very, very, rough Google search, doesn't seem like that's always the case though. I see some articles where 10-15 IAI Harpy drones have been purchased by countries like the US and India for $100 million. Versus a late model Tomahawk missile being ~$1.5 million each?
- lumost 5y agoA cruise missile could close to within ~20-40 miles and then deploy multiple drones. Effectively making it a multi targeting missile.
- azernik 5y agoThey're called "loitering munitions" in professional sources, so yes. (e.g. Israel's first drones were anti-SAM loitering munitions that would just go up and fly in circles for hours, listening for a lit search radar)