A Flying Reign of Terror? The Who, Where, When, What, and How of Non-state Actors and Armed Drones.
Over the last five years, violent non-state actors have acquired armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and have been using them extensively. This paper presents the main non-state actors involved and the areas in which they have used this tool, as well as how UAVs are used and procured. To date, arm...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Security (Librello Publishing House) Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8 |
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2023
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