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loiter munition

loiter munition is the alternative form of loitering munition.

Meaning of loitering munition

Noun

loitering munition (plural loitering munitions)

  1. A munition, often a UAV, that waits passively around the target area and attacks only once a target is located.
    • Loitering munitions can circle overhead for extended periods of time, searching for potential targets over a wide area and, once they find one, destroy it. Unlike homing munitions, loitering munitions do not require precise intelligence on enemy targets before launch.2018, Paul Scharre, chapter 3, in Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN

Forms of loiter munition

pluralloiter munitions

Questions about loiter munition

What is loiter munition the alternative form of?
Loiter munition is the alternative form of loitering munition.

Words near loiter munition in the dictionary

  1. loirs
  2. Lois
  3. Loiselle
  4. Loiselles
  5. loiter
  6. loiter munition
  7. loiter munitions
  8. loiter time
  9. loiter times
  10. loiter-sack
  11. loiter-sacks

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