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by wikidani 1540 days ago
I wish you weren't joking, those things are neat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Switchblade

TIL, they're missiles except drone-based instead of rocket-based

And because of the simplified flight infrastructure they're only $6k

They are a bit more than missiles, as the operator can fly them around, re-target or even call off without hitting anything (I believe they aren't recoverable though).

That's why they are called loitering munitions rather than missiles.

I guess everyone should buy one and put it at their backyard!
“Add up all the of contracts we know about, and AeroVironment has received at least $105.4 million worth of orders for 1,500 Switchblades produced -- which works out to a unit cost of more than $70,200 per Switchblade. Minimum.”

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/05/11/aerovironm...

> they're only $6k

They probably have a 90% margin on those...