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Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? (chroniclesmagazine.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The author seems like a total dick, but given the recent fear/rumor of the possibility of a false flag attacks on U.S. soil, I feel like something like this isn't inconceivable.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The Billion Dollar Question.

Japan tried to bomb the US by sending balloons over the jet stream and it was largely ineffective due to the range and lack of precision. Moving a weapon across an ocean and into range of a target without a ton of telecommunication support and manual intervention would be a herculean task. Far easier to just bomb one of the hundreds of US military bases local to your neighborhood, as with the Al Qaeda bombing of the US base in Somalia or the Houthis in Yemen targeting US bases and large ships trying to navigate the Red Sea.

But domestically? A little surprised nobody has tried to turn a large drone aircraft into a weapon for an Oklahoma City style attack.

If you look at the techniques employed by the Ukrainian insurgents against Russia, explosives embedded into the shipping containers of large trucks have been incredibly potent. Drones hidden within the tops of shipping containers put Ukraine within striking distance of the Russian bomber fleet.

Definitely something a committed insurgency within the States could employ against police/military.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Ukrainian ~~insurgents~~ defenders

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When they're behind enemy lines, I'd say they're on offense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then they’re commandos or special forces. ‘Insurgents’ implies an uprising against a central government, and serves to reinforce the Russian narrative of Ukraine being part of their empire.