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What is technically the difference between a suicide UAV and a missile? Just speed? Or does it need to have a rocket engine to be a "missile"? Actually, I gues
by tempestn 3y ago
What is technically the difference between a suicide UAV and a missile? Just speed? Or does it need to have a rocket engine to be a "missile"?
Actually, I guess maybe suicide drones are a subset of missiles.
- CPLX 3y agoLoitering?
- incompatible 3y agoYeah, basically a cheap cruise missile. The V-1 flying bomb used in WW2 is classified likewise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb Edit: it seems missiles must be jet or rocket powered, definitionally.
- ajross 3y agoIt's not a firm thing, but generally "missiles" are understood to be entirely autonomous, where "drones" are operated under some level of human control. But indeed, the distinction is increasingly squishy in the modern world.
- LegitShady 3y agomissiles have guidance systems but they don't need to be entirely autonomous. For example, the Spike NLOS is a TV guided missile - the operator sees the view from the nose and aims it for greater precision against unmarked targets at range.
- LegitShady 3y agoI think it technically counts as a missile, but also fits the categories of typical UAVs so there's some ambiguity as to what the "correct" name is.