Why are drone strikes on moving targets so accurate, how does the targeting technology work?

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Edit: Damn, I did not expect so many responses. Thank you, I’ve learned a fair amount about drone strikes in the last few hours.

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Answer 1

Missile follows a laser being fired by a targeting pod on the UAV. The targeting pod camera can follow the target it’s shooting the laser at simply by tracking the difference in contrast between the target object and the ground.