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0 pointsfred_is_fred11mo ago0 comments

Ukranians are 3d printing millions of missiles in their basements?

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speeder11mo ago· 3 in thread

They might use rotating wings to fly instead of jet turbines, but yes.

EDIT: To make things clearer, the word Missile is quite old, and predates rockets. missile is any object that is propelled somehow to hit a target. So even a stone launched from a sling by a caveman is already a missile. The other guy mentioned precision guided missiles though... and he is still correct in the word usage there.

Dylan1680711mo ago

I don't know, I'd say once you reach a certain amount of control over your flight path you stop being a missile. An aircraft isn't really "projected toward" something.

Retric11mo ago

Cruse missiles have a great deal of control over their flight. “Kamikaze aircraft were pilot-guided explosive missiles, either purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

However, the distinction is usually applied where aircraft become missile’s when the attack can no longer be aborted.

Dylan1680711mo ago

If I look at the number of 90 degree turns a cruise missile can make and compare it to an airplane I wouldn't rate it very highly.

> However, the distinction is usually applied where aircraft become missile’s when the attack can no longer be aborted.

So for a quadcopter that's a pretty negligible amount of time. And not all that much for tiny planes either.

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speeder11mo ago· 3 in thread

They might use rotating wings to fly instead of jet turbines, but yes.

EDIT: To make things clearer, the word Missile is quite old, and predates rockets. missile is any object that is propelled somehow to hit a target. So even a stone launched from a sling by a caveman is already a missile. The other guy mentioned precision guided missiles though... and he is still correct in the word usage there.

Dylan1680711mo ago

I don't know, I'd say once you reach a certain amount of control over your flight path you stop being a missile. An aircraft isn't really "projected toward" something.

Retric11mo ago

Cruse missiles have a great deal of control over their flight. “Kamikaze aircraft were pilot-guided explosive missiles, either purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

However, the distinction is usually applied where aircraft become missile’s when the attack can no longer be aborted.

Dylan1680711mo ago

If I look at the number of 90 degree turns a cruise missile can make and compare it to an airplane I wouldn't rate it very highly.

> However, the distinction is usually applied where aircraft become missile’s when the attack can no longer be aborted.

So for a quadcopter that's a pretty negligible amount of time. And not all that much for tiny planes either.

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