Terrorist Use of Improvised or Commercially Available Precision-Guided UAVs at Stand-Off Ranges: An Approach for Formulating Mitigation Considerations

Abstract

After providing some supporting evidence for terrorist use of UAVs, the report suggests an approach for analyzing terrorist options. While a wide range of scenarios using improvised or commercially available precision-guided UAVs at stand-off ranges are possible, this research demonstrated that many of the more interesting ones can be analyzed through their effectiveness in achieving terrorist objectives. Attributes associated with effectiveness were determined and then used to identify warning indicators that in turn implied preliminary preparedness and mitigation considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA460419

Entities

People

  • Andrew Hull
  • Christopher Martin
  • Ivars Gutmanis
  • James Ralston
  • Jay Mandelbaum

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Arms Control
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Guidance
  • Materials
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Terrorists
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.