Islamic State turns to drones to direct suicide car bombers
February 2, 2017
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Faced with a diminishing number of fighters, the Islamic State group is relying on retrofitted commercial drones to guide suicide car bombers to their targets and to launch small-scale airstrikes on Iraqi forces.
The extremist group is spending freely on drone technology as it faces pressure from coalition forces, hacking store-bought machines, applying rigorous testing protocols and mimicking tactics used by U.S. unmanned aircraft.
In all, a half-dozen storehouses IS used to make and modify drones have been found recently in Mosul, Iraqi military officials said.
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