Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks

Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

Experts say extremists openly talking of how home-built drones will be critical tool in so-called second civil war Taking their cues from modern warfare, the far-right American terrorist movement sees off-the-shelf or home-built first-person viewer (FPV) drones as a critical weapon in their own future war against the US government, which has American authorities on edge. And there’s ample reasons for those fears: in the open and closed online spaces where far-right extremists congregate, talk is commonplace of how these cheap drones are revolutionizing current wars and will be the critical tools of a so-called second civil war. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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