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Re:Russia readies next-generation suicide drones by NoZebra120vClip on Monday July 17, 2023 @01:11AM (#36754393)
I don't understand the oxymoron "suicide drone". Yeah it seems like a hybrid of a missile/shell and drone/UAV sort of thing. But just because it explodes and obliterates itself does not make it a Japanese Zero with a human pilot.
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Re:Russia readies next-generation suicide drones by somat on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:32AM (#36754807)
It is just journalists being stupid. There have been sigh "suicide drones" for 50 years now. They usually go by the more common term "guided missiles"
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Re:Russia readies next-generation suicide drones by rospaya on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:59AM (#36754977)
Are guided missiles remote controlled? Do they loiter?
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Re:Russia readies next-generation suicide drones by jack1243star on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:07AM (#36755025)
Some do, for both questions.
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Re:Russia readies next-generation suicide drones by ciwolsey on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:41AM (#36758130)
Also, were missiles ever something that didn't suicide?
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