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loitering munitions

loitering munitions is the plural 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

Questions about loitering munitions

What is loitering munitions the plural of?
Loitering munitions is the plural of loitering munition.

Words near loitering munitions in the dictionary

  1. loiterers
  2. loiterest
  3. loitereth
  4. loitering
  5. loitering munition
  6. loitering munitions
  7. loiteringly
  8. loiterings
  9. loiters
  10. loitia
  11. loitias

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