\nAmong all the possibilities in the Homeland Security universe, the White House worst-case scenario is a dirty-bomb carrying drone. \u00a0Particularly given the increasing advancement in weapons technology used by ISIS does this predicament become a great concern.<\/p>\n
Terrorist drones could target airports, sensitive US sites, DHS warns after ISIS attack In Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n In fact, there is absolutely no practical defense against those who are determined to send in 25 such drones at once swarming over the White House with their deadly payload. \u00a0DHS is literally incapable of preventing or meaningfully responding to the various threats.<\/p>\n Department of Homeland Security Practically Impotent In The Drone Era<\/a><\/p>\n How, then, do TPTB intend on defending the rest of America from weaponized drone technology? It’s common knowledge that drones are getting more advanced in their flying capability by the month, and more sophisticated in what they can carry by the week. That’s because there are an infinite number of applications for them in the consumer-delivery realm as well as the weapons-delivery sphere of the military.<\/p>\n Warning over drones use by terrorists<\/a><\/p>\n The bottom line with regard to the proliferation of consumer drone technology is that they let this genie out of the bottle way too early before thinking it through. \u00a0The upshot is that the impatient decision-makers will likely feel the consequences before anyone else…in more ways than one.<\/p>\n In view of the open southwestern U.S. border and shocking lack of enforcement of immigration law, \u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re All Sitting Ducks!\u201d<\/a>. \u00a0For those who don’t believe these very real developments occurring within our own borders, the following article ought to erase any doubt.<\/p>\n State of the Nation<\/a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n by Justin Bachman They\u2019re cheap, they\u2019re light, and they can carry a small bomb: The commercial drone is essentially a new terror gadget for organizations such as\u00a0Hezbollah, Islamic State, or anyone else looking\u00a0to wreak havoc on a budget.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the same quad copter you can get on Groupon or go down to Sam\u2019s Club and buy for $400,\u201d U.S. Marine Corps Commandant General Robert Neller said last week\u00a0at a Washington forum on future warfare. The elusive nature\u00a0of small drones is one reason the federal government has designated the District of Columbia a \u201cnational defense airspace\u201d and prohibited drone flights there.\u00a0A\u00a0recent spate of drone-related incidents, including one last year in which a drone crashed\u00a0on the White House lawn, probably didn\u2019t help, either.<\/p>\n But the problem is no longer about enthusiasts with a bad sense of direction. Weaponized to various degrees\u00a0of sophistication, such unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now being\u00a0used in the Syrian civil war<\/a>\u00a0and along parts of Lebanese and Syrian borders with Israel, where\u00a0Hezbollah holds sway<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has been an increasing concern in the military\u00a0and a wider acceptance of how pernicious this problem is going to be, moving forward,\u201d says Andrew Metrick, an intelligence security analyst at\u00a0the Center for Strategic & International Studies. \u201cFrom a U.S. and allies perspective, we haven\u2019t had to\u00a0think about how to fight where we don\u2019t have total aerial supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. military has begun studying small drones and how best to respond. Earlier this month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a request for ideas on how to protect troops from the new\u00a0threat; it is planning a workshop next month. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for scalable, modular, and affordable approaches that could be fielded within the next three to four years and could rapidly evolve with threat and tactical advancements,\u201d a DARPA program manager, Jean-Charles Led\u00e9, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Closer to the battlefield, the Marine Corps has begun integrating small drones into training exercises at the Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Neller said.\u00a0A\u00a0Marine or soldier who spots a drone overhead would typically shoot it down, but smaller drones can\u00a0operate\u00a0surreptitiously and elude radar since they are barely larger than a bird. Their small motors make acoustic detection enormously hard, and while wide-area camera sensors deployed on the ground might detect a drone, they usually require large computational resources in the field. One solution is\u00a0an electronic signal jammer to prevent a\u00a0drone\u2019s operator from flying within a certain vicinity, an approach that U.S. forces have studied.<\/p>\n Unlike an improvised explosive device (IED), an enemy using a small drone \u201ccan\u2019t blow up a tank, but you can more easily attack individual war fighters, you can collect intelligence, and you can tie down a lot of resources by forcing U.S. personnel to respond to the danger,\u201d said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute. \u201cIf you think there\u2019s a drone nearby that might be watching you or might be a threat, then you have to be more careful\u2014and that means you\u2019re distracted from your primary mission.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that the U.S. also deploys small drones, typically\u00a0for reconnaissance and surveillance. One of these, called\u00a0Switchblade<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), is a model from California-based Aerovironment Inc. that\u2019s been used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The 5.5 pound drone\u00a0can carry a lethal charge and has been flown in Syria, Metrick said.<\/p>\n When it comes to large drones, the U.S.\u00a0has shown itself\u2014somewhat controversially\u2014to have no current peer. Remotely piloted Reaper and Predator drones\u00a0have been used in thousands of attacks, including \u201ctargeted killings\u201d for more than a decade. And the U.S. has\u00a0major ocean-going drones: The autonomous Echo Voyager from Boeing Co., for example, can patrol underwater for months.<\/p>\n Those drones are all highly advanced platforms, with technology\u00a0and price tags that put them far out of reach of almost\u00a0all but the most advanced\u00a0militaries. For the guerrilla masses, the numerous cheaper, lightweight models are far more accessible. Their easiest use would be simply to monitor U.S. activities. But it\u2019s their potential for modified, deadlier use that worries U.S. military tacticians.<\/p>\n
\nAugust 23, 2016<\/p>\nThe Pentagon Takes Aim at Bomb-Carrying Consumer Drones<\/span><\/h1>\n
Terrorist groups are turning a popular hobby item into a deadly strategic challenge.<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nBloomberg.com<\/p>\n
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