| Description |
1 online resource (V, 24 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Keep it simple, stupid! The Islamic State's tactical and operational drone innovations. -- Scale, sourcing, and manufacturing. -- From point of purchase to the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq: the IBACS conspiracy. -- From recovered drones to suppliers: retracing Islamic State drone purchases. -- Drone games, terror drone diffusion, and near-term threats. -- Future terror drone use. -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This report evaluates the main factors that helped the Islamic State to effectively use modified commercial drones as weapons. It also highlights some of the broader threat and policy implications associated with the Islamic State's pioneering use of drones, to include how the group--and its actions--could serve as an inspiration or model for other types of actors, to include nation-states or proxy groups that are developing their own hybrid warfare capabilities and strategies |
| Notes |
"July 2018." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (CTC, viewed February 9, 2021) |
| Subject |
IS (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
IS (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst01914325 |
| Subject |
Weapons systems.
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Drone aircraft -- Iraq
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Drone aircraft -- Syria
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Terrorism -- Technological innovations
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Drone aircraft.
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Terrorism -- Technological innovations.
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Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles.
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Weapons systems.
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Syria.
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Iraq.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Combating Terrorism Center (U.S.), publisher.
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