Fears Grow of Terror in U.S. With Weaponized Civilian Drones
- Government and industry seeking drone counter measures
- Terrorist drone use overseas makes domestic threat ‘tangible’
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The successful use of small drones as weapons by terrorists in Middle Eastern war zones is raising concerns among U.S. security agencies that homegrown extremists will utilize them for domestic attacks.
As millions of light-weight drones flood the consumer market and the federal government struggles with monitoring the devices, counter-terror agencies now see a possibility that they could be used in the U.S. to carry explosives or as surveillance platforms, according to officials at a security conference in Washington on Wednesday.