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Because you want it to explode at the right location, not get blown off course by a gust of wind or bounce off the wing and explode in the air.

• mmooss 1y ago
  Exploding on impact seems like a very mature, well-established technology.
  • hollerith 1y ago
    Exploding on impact is a mature tech for things like shells, but it requires building a mechanism into the shell so that it won't explode before it is fired. If the drone will be controlled by a human operator till the end, then it might win for the drone design to avoid the complexity of a sensor to detect impacts and of the aforementioned mechanism. Also, landing on an airplane wing is easier to train for and to test than a mission plan that involves a drone that explodes on impact.
    • hagbard_c 1y ago
      > Also, landing on an airplane wing is easier to train for and to test than a mission plan that involves a drone that explodes on impact. ...and more importantly it is also easier to automate, i.e. autoland on wing spar, detonate, mission complete.