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1 online resource (xiv, 55 pages) |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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text file PDF rda |
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"August 2015." |
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Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-55). |
| Contents |
UAV overview : present U.S. military use. Terrorist and insurgent use of UAVs -- Baselines and trending analysis. Reconnaissance and surveillance -- Messaging -- IED delivery -- Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) delivery -- Weapons platform -- Other UAV capabilities -- Potentials : threat scenarios. Threat scenario 1 : single UAV, human controlled -- Threat scenario 2 : group of UAVs, human controlled or semi-autonomous -- Threat scenario 3 : swarm of UAVs, autonomous -- Military implications and policy response. Tactical -- Operational -- Strategic. |
| Summary |
"This manuscript focuses on the present threat posed by terrorist and insurgent use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as associated future threat potentials. This work presents a counterintuitive analysis in the sense that armed drones are typically viewed as a component of America's conventional warfighting prowess -- not a technology that would be used against U.S. troops deployed overseas or against civilians back home. The emerging threat of such UAV use against the United States is investigated, and the unique analysis and creative approach related to the threat scenario variants generated are very informative. Hopefully, the larger implications posed by this analysis related to semi-autonomous and autonomous UAV type robotic systems will be of benefit"--Publisher's web site. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed August 28, 2015). |
| Subject |
Drone aircraft.
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Terrorism.
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Drone aircraft. (OCoLC)fst00898349
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Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
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| Genre/Form |
Online resources.
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Electronic government information.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.
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Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bunker, Robert J. Terrorist and insurgent unmanned aerial vehicles 1584876980 (OCoLC)959554297 |
| ISBN |
1584876980 |
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9781584876984 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 395589738 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0307-A-31 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 101.146:T 27/2 |
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