They are distinct from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in that they are used only as weapons and not for reconnaissance. Modern cruise missiles can travel at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and can fly on a non- ballistic, extremely low altitude trajectory.
Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy. A modern Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the LuftwaffeĪ cruise missile is a guided missile, the major portion of whose flight path to its target (a land-based or sea-based target) is conducted at approximately constant velocity that relies on the dynamic reaction of air for lift, and upon propulsion forces to balance drag.
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