Re:U.S. Army Vintage Racer Concept Suggests Hypersonic Entry...
by amiller2571 on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @09:31PM
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So the difference between a missile and a drone is that one can fly in circles a little long than the other?
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Re:U.S. Army Vintage Racer Concept Suggests Hypersonic Entry...
by NovemberWhiskey on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:29PM
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British Aerospace delivered an anti-radiation / air-defense suppression missile called ALARM in 1990: it is capable of flying up to 40,000 feet, deploying a parachute and then waiting for the target radar to come online as it floats down.
At that time, it initiates a secondary boost motor and attacks.
We didn’t used to call this a suicide drone; we called it a loitering munition.