Comment by speeder
2 days ago
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.
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.
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.
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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