Avitation week February 09, 2021
Airpower Demands Drive Air-Launched Cruise Missile Evolution
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The basic cruise missile configuration is dominated by the warhead,
fuel and engine. Each has its own trade-offs,
so missile engineers are faced with balancing the requirements of range over warhead size—particularly
as cruise missiles’ strategic targets are often large, sometimes even hardened fixed structures.
More efficient, small turbofan engines, rather than turbojets,
have helped to boost range while the remaining missile fuel can enhance the explosive power when combined with the warhead.

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges of cruise missile use is the mission planning process.
Most cruise missiles will have undergone an extensive planning process prior to launch,
with the path of flight often defined by a set of waypoints in the sky—and with more advanced weapons,
the construction of 3D digital models of the target so onboard seekers can recognize it.
The process can be quite granular, down to the height at which the weapon will cruise during most of its flight,
attack angles and when to switch on seekers.