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Back in March 2017, it was widely reported that anti-drone unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were to be taken for counter terrorist test flights on a UK military base, because of the rising threat posed by the technology
USE OF UAVS INCREASING TERRORISM FEARS T he UAV sector is estimated to be worth approximately $127 billion, a fact that previous issues of Counter Terror Business has labelled as the ‘booming drone revolution’. But amid the financial optimism, which is predicted to grow further this year, is a growing concern that the security threat that UAVs pose to critical national infrastructure, homeland security and a range of commercial sectors is more dangerous than the government and security services are prepared for. According to the Institution of Engineering and Technology, defence chiefs are
considering using swarms of collaborative net-casting UAVs to create a radio frequency forcefield wall around government sensitive areas, similar to the SkyWall 100 – an anti-drone bazooka created by OpenWorks that launches a net at flying objects and parachutes them to the ground. A GAME CHANGER Although now over a year old, a report by the Oxford Research Group’s Remote Control project warned that commercial UAVs could soon be used as ‘simple, affordable and effective airborne improvised explosive !
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