The game of drones/weapons makers' war on drones

Abstract

This chapter is aimed at reviewing the security threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in areas such as illegal surveillance, terrorist attacks, reconnaissance, smuggling, electronic snooping, and mid-air collisions. We are discussing the categories of the drone in terms of intention and level of complexity of the operators. Senior experts from the US military, as well as security agencies, said that the drone could be used by militants groups and jihadist groups, as well as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Levant is reshaping conflicts between state parties and armed nonstate factions and now introduces a grave and direct threat to the nation's safety. The risks of UAVs being subjected to electronic attacks are well recognized, especially following high profile incidents such as the interception of unencrypted video on 28 January 2016. Incidents of drone flying by drug smugglers in Punjab, India, come to the fore, according to the chief of Punjab Police. Also, in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, authorities intercepted 620 million HKD worth of iPhones in a smuggling operation. Illegal use of drone increases day by day; for example, in August 2019, the Russian military has thwarted the third attack on its Khmeimim airbase in Syria, according to Russian news agencies. On 14 September 2019, drone attacks claimed by Houthi rebels struck two oil installations in Saudi Arabia, damaging facilities that process the great majority of the country's crude output and raising the risk of an interruption in world oil distribution. The research looks into UAV usage by illegal militant terrorists and drug traffickers. In this chapter, we will study and evaluate this problem, the efficiency of the existing antidrone system after the attacks on the UK, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, etc., and we will review an update solution with high efficiency to destroy illegal drones with laser burner technology.