Remote Control Project<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe authors suggest manufacturers should program drones with the GPS coordinates of no-fly zones.<\/p>\n
The British government should also relax regulations on radio frequency jammers, they add.<\/p>\n
In addition, they advise tighter UK licensing regulation.<\/p>\n
Currently in the UK, anyone can own and operate for non-commercial purposes a drone that weighs less than 20kg (3st 2lb) – and there are hundreds on the market.<\/p>\n
“A range of terrorist, insurgent, criminal, corporate and activist threat groups have already demonstrated the ability to use civilian drones for attacks and intelligence gathering,” the report reads.<\/p>\n
“The best defence against the hostile use of drones is to employ a hierarchy of countermeasures encompassing regulatory countermeasures, passive countermeasures and active countermeasures.”<\/p>\nImage copyright:\u00a0<\/span>GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/span><\/figure>\nIt suggests that these could include:<\/p>\n
\nlimiting the payload capacity of commercial drones<\/li>\n devising a security alert system when drones appear in no-fly zones<\/li>\n the development of “innovative less-lethal anti-drone systems”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHowever, David Dunn, professor of International Politics, at Birmingham University, told the BBC that licensing may not deter terrorists.<\/p>\n
“Law abiding citizens are likely to register, but it would be very difficult to stop terrorists and other criminals from purchasing drones abroad and then using them here,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Up until now it was expensive and required skill to be able to fly an aircraft – which acted as a form a regulation in itself.<\/p>\n
“Now, you can fly these things relatively easily over people’s heads.”<\/p>\n
The report also lists recent examples of suspicious activity involving drones:<\/p>\n
\nUnidentified drones have been flown over various landmarks in France, including the US Embassy and the Eiffel Tower<\/li>\n The Metropolitan Police recorded 20 suspicious drone-flying incidents around London between January 2013 and August 2015<\/li>\n So-called Islamic State has released videos showing drones being used for reconnaissance in Iraq<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe authors of the report, members of a non-profit group called Open Briefing which describes itself as “the world’s first civil society intelligence agency”, admit that their suggested countermeasures are “not foolproof”.<\/p>\n
“The technology of remote control warfare is impossible to control,” the report says.<\/p>\n
“The ultimate defence is to address the root drivers of the threat in the first place.”<\/p>\n
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