Salt Lake Tribune · Nov 5, 2018
FBI warns that terrorists with drones pose ‘escalating threat’ in US
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A drone hunter, left, fires a net at another drone to capture it during a demonstration at the ribbon cutting for Deseret Unmanned Aerial Systems in Tooele, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2018.Civilian drones pose a "steadily escalating threat," as the devices are likely to be used by terrorists, criminal groups or drug cartels to carry out attacks in the U.S., FBI Director Chris Wray told a Senate committee.
"Terrorist groups could easily export their battlefield experiences to use weaponized" drones, Wray said in written testimony for a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.