• @bouh
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      31 year ago

      I was going to say that: a guided missile essentially. But drone makes more hipe I guess.

      • @Questy
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        31 year ago

        It’s a bit of a grey area honestly. I believe I saw that this UAV can carry a 10kg payload. In contrast to Storm Shadow/SCALP EG, which delivers a 450kg dual stage warhead, it’s hard to classify this directly as a “cruise missile”. It’s possible that there will eventually be a settled terminology for this classification of range and payload that makes more sense, since the use case and application are very different than traditional cruise missiles.

        • @bouh
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          01 year ago

          I expect cruise missiles to get a guided mode in the future. But indeed the size and payload will depends. I very much see a hull that could make for either regular cruise missile or guided drone.