Sunday, July 10, 2016

more attempts to thwart bad drones

https://www.rt.com/news/350305-pentagon-isis-drone-funding/

"An additional $20 million are needed to deal with Islamic State’s reconnaissance and bomber drones, the US Defense Department has told Congress. The money will be spent in addition to the $190 million already allocated to countering terrorist networks.
The money is expected to be given to the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), the Pentagon’s special office dealing with improvised explosive devices, Defense News reports.
By the end of 2016, the JIDO with a budget to deal with new IED threats that emerged during the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, will become a permanent establishment under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency."

This is indeed a threat.  But it's the usual defense vs. offense escalation that comes with any new device.

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