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> By "modern" I mean a subset of systems which excludes first generation systems as well as some second and other generation systems The word you're looking fo
by badgar 14y ago
> By "modern" I mean a subset of systems which excludes first generation systems as well as some second and other generation systems
The word you're looking for is "mature."
- InclinedPlane 14y agoMaturity of a technological system to me implies a plateau of design, but that's not the case in missile guidance. Current generation systems are significantly more advanced and more capable than previous generation systems.
- Gravityloss 14y agoYes, sorry for nitpicking but I just think that the word choice was perhaps not good. I'd think modern missiles means something much more recent easily, when this is talking about something practically existent for the whole development time of missiles. Sidewinder development was started in 1946.