I'm saying they have dual capabilities of loitering with mini-cruise missiles for about 30 minutes. They have a infrared camera to see below ground and target things while a operator could control the missile via satellite or radio.
You are about to pull down a vehicle which is metiсolously produced to serve more then this)
The thing is it hits the ground faster and can't loiter compared to mini cruise missiles 160 km is much better than 8 km and its only 50 pounds heavier, about the same weight as a hellfire missile. You don't need a secondary weapons platform in the air to launch it which with a drone you risk being shot down because I was thinking of not just aerial but naval and land based which the mini-cruise missile would be hard to intercept especially if stealth features were implemented onto an already small RCS.
You might be right if there is a need for armies. Nevertheless neither your favorite with higher speed nor my suggestion is able to avoid CIWS .
I reckon it would fly so low its hard to detect as many cruise missiles do today such as Tomahawk in the 30-50 meter altitude. MANPADS could your right but its so small it would be hard to even get it in your crosshair. We aren't talking about as big as a regular cruise missile like the Tomahawk which is 5-6 meters long we are talking about 91 centimeters long about half as long as a human, rocket boosters could make it go faster maybe like mach 1-2 when detected by radar or if a infrared missile is launched towards it which idk if it would work but it would help avoid missiles if it could. A VLS system would be so small it could be launched from virtually every VLS I can think of which could help attack capabilities compare this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylver_Vertical_Launching_System A-35 launcher to the specifications of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Cost_Autonomous_Attack_System and you can see how many would fit onto one ship, maybe 15-30 which is a boatload, just consider it.
You again mentioned the Tomahawk but cruise missiles family is enough wide to find right solution.
It could be useful against a variety especially in diving it has 3 different ones Warhead: 7.7 kg (17 lb) multi-mode explosively formed projectile (long rod penetrator, aerostable slug or fragmentation) so can destroy tank or other armored vehicle, Assassination, anti infantry, etc;
Using dropping smart bombs or ATGMs from drones , you can also hit tanks . This way would be quite cheaper.
You're very right actually but it does need improvement kind of and launching from ships might be difficult as runways are needed to my knowledge and that's why I thought VLS would be good for mini cruise missiles as barrages could be used of 30 from like 1 ship and a whole armored regiment could be taken out. As I said before could you take a look at this thread? I'm thinking about if using the pulsejet like the Nazis did in their V-1 flying bomb could it be effective here is a video of how it worked in real life integrated into a game.Using dropping smart bombs or ATGMs from drones , you can also hit tanks . This way would be quite cheaper.
But there is a irresistible role of kamikaze drones. Engagement to radars ! I totally agree using drones in this realm.
Its a small target only about 91 centimeters which is half the size of a 1.8 meter human male think about how hard that would be to detect for air defense systems especially if stealth features were added and if altitude was decreased for harder engagement ranges.
I have seen it before yes yet it a lot bigger than what the missile I was talking about, a barrage of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Cost_Autonomous_Attack_System would do good. If 60-90 were launched from 3 ships towards a SAM system like S-400/Patriot it would be hard to intercept them all at the same time just because of sheer numbers and another added benefit of small cruise missiles is the ability to be launched from helicopters such as AH-64,UH-60 and others which would make the helicopters less prone to being destroyed from SAM systems or to soften up SAM systems before going in.
Contemporary air defence systems are able to dedect even birds though drones aren't bigger than those.
You mean V-2 V-1 is completely different lol. V-1 is a cruise missile and I just like the propulsion and how cheap it is only about 8000 usd in todays money for each V-1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bombContemporary air defence systems are able to dedect even birds though drones aren't bigger than those.
Bro Hitlers Germany spent on v1 rockets With todays money 40 billion dollars
V1 rockets used liquid fuel which wasnt and now isn't possible to stored fuelled. Liquid fuel has very short lifespan. Before Fuelling V1 and some old soviet rockets you should mix amalgamation . This amalgamation takes long andcomplicated procedure . should be used in very shorttime. Shortly . You can not store your V1 rockets filled. İf you fuelled your rocket you should send it.
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Okay you are right but V1 rockets still weight 2ton and have 10 meter lenght which would cause to be detected easily by any cheap air defence systems. Today instead of V1s we have GPS guided artillery rockets.
