Oboogie wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:03 pm
Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:39 pm
Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:44 pm
Suicide sounds all dramatic and kamikaze, so I can see why Journos love it.
But it's extremely misleading about how these weapons work.
Goes back to WW2 and the Japanese. Something unnatural about suicide attacks. Not Christian, not decent. Not playing by the rules.
The glaring difference is that the Kamikaze pilots did actually commit suicide in the course of their attacks, drones are pilotless so no suicide needed. The nearer WW2 comparison would be the V1s, I don't recall anyone calling them suicide weapons.
V1s, are accurately described as "cruise missiles".
By the end of the second world war there were various air-dropped "remote guided missiles".
Enything from a big bomb with steering fins attached, to a 4 engine bomber loaded with explosives - each steered from a control aircraft.
There were also a few genuine suicide aircraft (and boats and submarines).
These had people in.