{"id":51635,"date":"2017-11-07T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/07\/to-counter-weaponized-drones-us-needs-joint-public-private-solutions-commentary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:47:23","slug":"to-counter-weaponized-drones-us-needs-joint-public-private-solutions-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/commentary\/2017\/11\/07\/to-counter-weaponized-drones-us-needs-joint-public-private-solutions-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"To counter weaponized drones, US needs joint public-private solutions [Commentary]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multiple senior U.S. officials recently testified before Congress regarding the rising threat that weaponized UAVs pose to U.S forces abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials are now acknowledging that these same threats are likely \u2014 and perhaps imminent \u2014 to the U.S. homeland. But what makes these threats unique is they provide terrorists and extremists a cheap, commercially available, asymmetrical tool to inflict mass casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many Americans are aware of the threats from explosives made from everyday products, they are less aware of sophisticated chemical and biological weapons threats that could be delivered by UAVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t