I just realized terrorism is about to level up to a terrifying degree of anonymity. Frag grenade (maybe homemade) dropped into a crowd. How do you trace that back when these have a range of many miles
Back in the 1970s, the IRA demonstrated lots of ways to make bomb attacks anonymously - such as leaving a bomb in a stolen car parked near their target, or putting a bomb in a trash can near their target, or sending a bomb through the mail addressed to their target.
(They would often be accompanied with a telephone warning allowing people to evacuate - but hoax warnings and deliberately vague warnings were also sometimes made)
The good news is it would appear very few people are inclined to carry out anonymous bombings, in spite of the ease with which it can be done.
Mortars are extremely simple devices with similar effectiveness.
If you can build a frag grenade you can probably make an effective mortar. It’s more difficult to make something that can hit large targets at 2+ miles, but not extremely so.
Why haven't we seen any drone terrorism (AFAIK) yet? There are grenade attacks in Antwerp on a weekly basis (usually related to drug gang wars). What's stopping these people from using drones instead of having to drive up to their victim's houses?
Regulate away; you can only really regulate stuff that's offered for sale. Ukraine is making its own drones, according to TFA. It can't be hard to make an airframe from bits of wood, and the motors are COTS. The controller chips are "cheap as chips", you can use and modify FOSS software, the only piece that I couldn't buy easily myself is HESH warheads.
coffeebeqn|2 years ago
michaelt|2 years ago
(They would often be accompanied with a telephone warning allowing people to evacuate - but hoax warnings and deliberately vague warnings were also sometimes made)
The good news is it would appear very few people are inclined to carry out anonymous bombings, in spite of the ease with which it can be done.
Retric|2 years ago
If you can build a frag grenade you can probably make an effective mortar. It’s more difficult to make something that can hit large targets at 2+ miles, but not extremely so.
elric|2 years ago
denton-scratch|2 years ago