The article does talk about NASAMS, which is exactly what you describe. Its worth noting that a lot of the range is consumed accelerating the missile from stationary, gaining altitude, and flying through dense air. So, their range is much shorter than the same weapon when it is air launched.

I’ve just come from Sync, and this is the feature I miss most

That close quarters trench clearing is nuts. How anyone has the courage to do that is beyond my comprehension

I’d guess it just finished surveying the target, spent some time deciding if/where to strike, then looping around to hit the rear of the ship where a large spill was less likely

Consequence

Is the glow at the back of the round the “base bleed” in action?

Everything is expensive in NZD right now. The boss may as well pay me in yen

Make that 6!

I’m actually just commenting because I’ve been told lemmy only considers a community to be active if a user has commented or posted to a forum. It’d be nice to see this place grow.