“the adoption of drones constitutes a tactical innovation by terrorist groups, shaped by intrinsic factors and extrinsic enablers that influence their innovation calculus…
IS developed a ‘centralized and bureaucratized’ approach to drone manufacturing that allowed the group to exert control over the products of its program…
Several documents and reports suggest that IS invested significantly in the development of its drone capabilities. These included the formation of a specialised drone unit called the “Unmanned Aircraft of the Mujahideen” unit…
Terrorist groups often emulate tactics that have worked for other groups. Veilleux-Lepage and Rassler note that drone terrorism is punctuated by bursts of innovation (across the world) that groups normally emulate…
IS tapped into the commercial drone market because they had a limited number of weapons options in their battles against Coalition forces. Evidence also suggests that they experimented with 3D-printing of munitions and drone parts as early as 2016”
#drones #terrorism #IS
https://gnet-research.org/2026/03/20/understanding-terrorist-innovation-a-case-study-in-drone-adoption/
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