It’s often both/either. Some have an operator select the target seconds before and it goes in for the final descent automatically. Others have the operator select a list of targets and a geofence at launch. Yet others are automated turrets with a ‘shoot in that direction’ directive. They are pretty varied.
Now you are moving the goal posts. Being able to stay locked onto a target has nothing to do with autonomous kill decisions.
It’s often both/either. Some have an operator select the target seconds before and it goes in for the final descent automatically. Others have the operator select a list of targets and a geofence at launch. Yet others are automated turrets with a ‘shoot in that direction’ directive. They are pretty varied.