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[whycombagator]

Presumably you can abort mission with a drone and have it return home. Not sure you can do that with a cruise missile.

[serf → whycombagator]

the IAI Harop is a missile that can loiter, and if no target is found can Return to Base.[0]

Although, admittedly, the lines between 'drone' and 'missile' have begun to blur.

[0] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harop

[bostonsre → serf]

Having your missile return home seems suboptimal.

[sibartlett → serf]

That Wikipedia article repeatedly referred to it as a stone.