I didn’t think about it until reading your comment, admittedly, but I don’t think it’s an inconsistent label exactly. I would appreciate correction from anyone better studied.
Kamikaze specifically and suicide in general in military “terms” don’t seem to be used for simply an action ending the the termination of the actor, they seemingly refer to operation-capable actors engaging in an operation or action that will terminate them (i.e. death when referring to a person) when conceivably, there are alternatives, including surrender and other actions that would render the person, vehicle, or thing unusable for the conflict. A missile can’t be spent and still be capable, same as any other ammunition. The drones, even if for these drones their only function in this conflict is to be a guided/flown bomb, could serve some other purpose.
That said these thoughts are entirely descriptive and it’s entirely possible that so-called suicide drones be counted among ammunition in the near future. If that happens, it’s also quite possible that we cease referring to their operation as a suicide.
Like I said, it’s not exactly a wrong description, I just think it’s worth keeping in mind that a weapon system used primarily by amerikkka’s enemies is named in a way that evokes fanaticism.
I didn’t think about it until reading your comment, admittedly, but I don’t think it’s an inconsistent label exactly. I would appreciate correction from anyone better studied.
Kamikaze specifically and suicide in general in military “terms” don’t seem to be used for simply an action ending the the termination of the actor, they seemingly refer to operation-capable actors engaging in an operation or action that will terminate them (i.e. death when referring to a person) when conceivably, there are alternatives, including surrender and other actions that would render the person, vehicle, or thing unusable for the conflict. A missile can’t be spent and still be capable, same as any other ammunition. The drones, even if for these drones their only function in this conflict is to be a guided/flown bomb, could serve some other purpose.
That said these thoughts are entirely descriptive and it’s entirely possible that so-called suicide drones be counted among ammunition in the near future. If that happens, it’s also quite possible that we cease referring to their operation as a suicide.
Like I said, it’s not exactly a wrong description, I just think it’s worth keeping in mind that a weapon system used primarily by amerikkka’s enemies is named in a way that evokes fanaticism.
Sure it can, that’s what a reusable rocket is.
As an aside, the Tomahawk cruise missile used by the US is also jet powered but nobody is calling that a “suicide drone”