Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile

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The Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile (SMACM) is a long range, high endurance, expendable, unmanned aerial vehicle [1] (UAV) under development by Lockheed Martin. It is equipped with a two-way datalink and is designed to reconnoitre a target area and if necessary engage targets with its weapon system.

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  1. admin (2005-09-17). "Surveilling Miniature Attack Cruise Missile (SMACM)". Defense Update. Retrieved 2022-06-09.