The U.S. military is developing a new experimental aircraft that looks a lot like a cruise missile, one that is also capable of launching its own missiles.
The new X-plane (X for "experimental") has officially received a U.S. Air Force designation and is now known as the X-68A. It is an uncrewed aerial vehicle (or UAV) that closely resembles a cruise missile, uncrewed self-propelled vehicles that fly long distances within Earth's atmosphere, typically with jet engines. But unlike cruise missiles, which typically possess an explosive munition (warhead), the X-68A is designed to launch from another aircraft and then launch air-to-air weapons of its own.
