Expeditionary cyber forces fighting drones on the front lines
Posted on March 22, 2017 by Mark Pomerleau
Nonstate groups have been employing commercially available unmanned aerial systems for some time, but as many have feared, these small devices have now been weaponized. With previous reports of “flying improvised explosive devices,” which effectively turn these aircraft into onetime use kamikaze devices, the Islamic State group has begun dropping explosives on security forces.
Their capability has evolved over time, Col. Brett Sylvia, commander of Task Force Strike, within Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, the global anti-ISIS coalition, told reporters in early January.
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