... installations. If we look at the issue from this particular standpoint, there is potential for malicious use of drones in not only active conflict zones but also here in the West, which should not be overlooked.
In 2017, FBI Director Christopher Wray
said that
drones constituted an imminent terrorist threat to U.S. cities. Is this threat still considered imminent?
Vadim Kozyulin:
Three Groups of Threats from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
That is a good question and that has been part of the discourse here ...
... long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (including sea-based UAVs), and a family of various unmanned combat aerial systems.
The current U.S. military strategy envisages increasing the significance of operations involving strike drones and surface and undersea drones.
Autonomous refuelling aircraft make it possible to
double the safe distance
for U.S. aircraft carriers to deliver strikes against enemy territory. According to the U.S. Naval Air Force’s MQ-25 Stingray programme, by the mid-2020s, unmanned refuelling aircraft will have ...
... it would not be difficult for them to use autonomous drones when they have no concerns about targeting civilians.
Is there effective counter-drone or anti-AI expertise to counter such attacks from terrorists?
There are a number of counter weapons available for attacks by aerial drones. Still, at present, these can easily be overwhelmed by swarms of drones as seen when a swarm of 18 bomb-laden drones attacked a Saudi Arabia oil refinery. They had sophisticated air defences that were overwhelmed by the numbers.
Nikolay Markotkin: ...
... Liancourt Rocks (controlled by South Korea and disputed by Japan).
In the near future, drone incidents may become more frequent both in East Asia and elsewhere, since border control is one of the most promising areas for the use of unmanned vehicles (both airborne and underwater). In particular, autonomous patrolling of land borders is
actively being developed
by the European Union.
Even drones that are not armed with lethal weapons can cause a conflict if control over them is lost and they inadvertently cross the border into another state. They could also collide with the autonomous vehicles of another state. Additionally, it is not ...
