Emerging threats & TTPs of UAV/UAS against military installations
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Antiterrorism training aims to provide insights into possible (or real) threats against military facilities and installations. The low cost of entry for UAV/UAS use means that this is a new means of surveillance and harmful activity against defense operations and service members – both overseas and at home. What are examples of emerging threats of UAVs/UASs and TTPs of those groups that employ them?
- Anderson, Maj. Richard, "Exploiting Offensive Use of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS): Learning from Our Adversaries," AF Fellows paper (Department of Homeland Security), 2024, 2 pgs.
- Hickey, Col. Mark, "Inflection Point: A Study of Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems Usage in the Russia-Ukraine War," AWC Strategic Studies Paper (Kenney Airpower Seminar), 2024, 23 pgs. Winner of the AWC Joint Air Power Award
- Johnson, Capt. Kyna, "The Threat of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) against Mobility Air Force (MAF)," SOS AUAR paper, 2020, 10 pgs.
- Klokun, Anton, "Bullet Background Paper on Mobile Counter-UAV Weapon Technology," SOS AUAR, 2023, 3 pgs.
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Musselwhite, Kenneth O., "Army CONUS Installations: Protected, but Still at Risk," AWC Strategic Studies Paper, 2020, 28 pgs.
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Sutton, Kelvin, "An Explorative Paper on Current and Future Strategies for Improving Radar Track Continuity using AI-assisted Predictive Modeling," SOS AUAR Ideas and Weapons, 2023, 5 pgs.
- Tedder, Capt. Nathan L., "Research and Development Strategy: Next-Generation Technology Defeat Mechanisms," SOS AUAR elective Paper, Ideas and Weapons, 2021, 7 pgs.
- Thompson, Col. Kristen D., "How the Drone War in Ukraine is Transforming Conflict," AF Fellows research, published by the Council on Foreign Relations, January 16, 2024.