Iraqi Federal Police using improvised weaponized drones to neutralize targets by dropping grenades

[Tudd Fudders]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXkGdypVS7c[/media]

[quote]As we recently saw, ISIS is using drones fitted with 40mm grenades, now called ISIS40 drones, to effectively engage coalition forces in and around Mosul. In one of their videos, they attempted to edit in, and pass off as authentic, a small fixed-wing, remote aircraft as the drone responsible. However, based on the static hovering, and in-place turning, we concluded that the actual drone used would have to be a multi rotor remote helicopter.

Now, new videos have emerged, this time from the Iraqi Federal Police using their own improvised, weaponized drone in the battle for Mosul. We actually get to take a look at the aircraft used, and it is most likely the near exact setup as the type used by the Islamic State. The following is an Iraqi Federal Police video demonstrating the capabilities of their drone.

Photos from Iraq show a DJI Matrice 100 that is fitted with a munitions mount and remote activation device. The Iraqi Federal Police even released a video of them flying the drone, as well as engaging ISIS militants on the streets of Mosul.

It appears that the IFP prefer to use a badminton shuttlecock tail for munition stabilization, while ISIS appears to use whatever they have available. The following video is a mashup of Islamic State drone strikes using the same or similar aircraft[/quote]

For some strange reason, the idea someone could drop a badminton-looking grenade from a consumer drone, is more terrifying than the idea of a A-10 ruining my day.

[MR-X]

The video looks exactly the same as the ISIS video except without all the effects and edits.

[Joey Skylynx]

Considering ISIS has been doing it against the Iraqi military, it was really a matter of time before the Iraqis turned the tables and flipped the bird.

[Strikerrr]

[QUOTE=MR-X;51976563]The video looks exactly the same as the ISIS video except without all the effects and edits.[/QUOTE]

They have probably reverse engineered or even reused the drones captured from ISIS to turn the tables.
[url]https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2017/03/02/iraqi-federal-police-using-weaponised-drones/[/url]
Also they do, in fact, use badminton shuttlecocks as cheap stabilizing fins.

To combat the proliferation of these small drones, the US Army has been deploying DroneDefender directed jammers
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