>>507580280bro the aussie
>>507579467is right and youre peddling pedantics.
youยดre referring to the dictionary definition of missile, by that logic, bullets, stones, arrows, rockets, bombs are all missiles.
we created the term ballistic missile to seperate it from the guided munitions we have developed.
now to the point of cruise missiles and ICBMs,
a cruise missile stays in the air via a jet engine and/or a pair of wings. so its powered and guided the whole way.
a ballistic missile can be guided but doesnt have to, it refers more to its primary mode of transport which is to use gravity to build up speed and stay out of range of countermeasures.
there are also katyusha like systems which are true dumb rockets with no guidance and only an initial charge to propel them.
Comparing these systems makes no sense since they are designed for entirely different purposes.
Unguided Missiles like hamas uses, are just a areal denial tool, to disrupt your enemies movements and their random nature inflicts fear.
cruise missiles are precision weapons to take out soft to medium hard targets. they need to glide so their payload has to be comparatively small.
Ballistic missiles are weapons of mass destruction, designed to carry the highest yield and are the hardest to defend against.
Their main purpose is to carry the scary stuff, like nukes, viruses and chemical weapons.
Iran basically just showed the zionists that yes, they have the capability to deliver a warhead, of whatever nature directly into Israeli metropolis and there is little the israelis can do against that.