What percentage chance of death would you say is neededfor a suicide mission?

[Two_Many_Cats]

I think of “suicide mission” as someone intending not to return alive. Something like the 9/11 hijackers, or suicide bombers, or Kamikaze pilots.

In other words, 100% fatal on purpose. Someone who runs into a burning building is not on a suicide mission, no matter how dangerous it is.

[Blues_Man]

@Calavera

Asuume there’s a really important objective that needs to be completed. (rescuing 100s of children from a plane wreck, destroying an enemy leadership cell, getting a Big Mac and Coke, it doesn’t matter what it is, it just matters it’s important to the person in this hypothetical.)

Alex can possibly complete the mission, if s/he doesn’t actually attempt it then there is no actual risk to him/her but the children will die/the enemy will probably win/the Big Mac will remain ungot. If s/he does do it, there is a significant risk of death. How high would it have to be before you would charactarise it as a “suicide mission”?

Certainty of death
Small chance of success
What are we waiting for?

Gimli the Dwarf