Loitering weapon

As Loitering Weapon ( dt .: herumbummelnde weapon ) or loitering munition be guided missiles called that start at first without specific goal and then circling extended period over the target area. Later a target is assigned by an operator on the ground via data link and attacked. Depending on the design, emerging targets can also be discovered, classified and fought by an autonomously initiated attack using their own sensors .

Examples

• AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow
• Fire Shadow
• IAI Harop
• Low Cost Autonomous Attack System
• XM501 Non Line of Sight Launch System

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FlightGlobal: MBDA delivers first Fire Shadow loitering weapons. Retrieved January 10, 2013 . 
2. ↑ defense-update.com: Loitering Autonomous Weapons. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 5, 2013 ; Retrieved January 10, 2013 . 
3. ^ Loitering Weapon Systems. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011 ; Retrieved January 10, 2013 .