I will take "stupid things that bother you for no good reason" for 200.
kamikaze drone is perhaps the most ridiculous term that has popped up in the last few years.
I despise it for at least two reasons.
1. Kamikaze was terminology specifically used to describe a "human" not a machine guiding themselves terminally into the target. this is what made it so horrifying.
2. If that is a 'sighs' kamikaze drone. why is the aim-9 sidewinder not one? by which I mean we already had perfectly good term to describe this sort of device. why not use it. It is a guided missile.
I think there is great value in distinguishing between low cost single use drones and cruise missiles. Conflating them seems stupid, they have totally different operational uses and characteristics.
> I think there is great value in distinguishing between low cost single use drones and cruise missiles.
You can still do it by saying e.g. "low cost cruise missile".
> they have totally different operational uses and characteristics.
Such as? Shaheds are used for similar goals as e.g. Tomahawks missiles.
I think a problem with insisting on this dichotomy is that we will see more in-between missiles - e.g. Shahed 238 is a development of Shared 136 with a jet engine. Is it a drone or a missile and why?
Linguistically speaking UAVs seem closer to manned aircraft, so the fact that TV guided missiles and 'kamikaze' drones offer similar capabilities is more of a 'convergent evolution' thing.
One of the things that I think make them different is that UAVs are expected to be able to wait in the area of operations after being launched (how they do it? It differs between models).
But I agree that using the word Kamikaze specifically is a bit weird.
From the second wiki page "It is not to be confused with a different word, a religious term, written and pronounced differently, Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ; female: šaheeda), meaning "martyr"."
kamikaze drone is perhaps the most ridiculous term that has popped up in the last few years.
I despise it for at least two reasons.
1. Kamikaze was terminology specifically used to describe a "human" not a machine guiding themselves terminally into the target. this is what made it so horrifying.
2. If that is a 'sighs' kamikaze drone. why is the aim-9 sidewinder not one? by which I mean we already had perfectly good term to describe this sort of device. why not use it. It is a guided missile.