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I think there is great value in distinguishing between low cost single use drones and cruise missiles. Conflating them seems stupid, they have totally different

• The_Colonel 2y ago
  > I think there is great value in distinguishing between low cost single use drones and cruise missiles. You can still do it by saying e.g. "low cost cruise missile". > they have totally different operational uses and characteristics. Such as? Shaheds are used for similar goals as e.g. Tomahawks missiles. I think a problem with insisting on this dichotomy is that we will see more in-between missiles - e.g. Shahed 238 is a development of Shared 136 with a jet engine. Is it a drone or a missile and why?