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babylonsister

(172,351 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2025, 10:49 AM Aug 30

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
Experts say extremists openly talking of how home-built drones will be critical tool in so-called second civil war
Ben Makuch
Sat 30 Aug 2025 08.00 EDT

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.

“The use of FPV drones in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the use of drones by terrorist groups such as ISIS, and the use of drones by violent criminal groups, such as drug cartels, give examples that domestic extremists may seek to emulate or learn from,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a professional analyst who has tracked far-right extremists of every ilk, for close to a decade.

“Groups or individuals could potentially use commercial or home-made drones for reconnaissance purposes or in an offensive capacity.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/us-far-right-extremists-drones

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Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 30 OP

Time to research anti-drone technology EYESORE 9001 Aug 30 #1

You saw a 3 inch drone rise from a hill while driving on a freeway? Fiendish Thingy Aug 30 #3

It was, like, 100 ft from my car, off to the side EYESORE 9001 Aug 30 #4

Two can play at that game Fiendish Thingy Aug 30 #2

EYESORE 9001

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1. Time to research anti-drone technology

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 11:06 AM

Aug 30

They’ve proliferated, from anecdotal evidence. A week ago, I was driving along a 4-lane highway, when a drone popped up from behind a small hill beside the road just ahead of me. Perhaps 3” in diameter, its presence was startling and motives suspect. I didn’t have time to investigate, but no one was in sight and I couldn’t follow its flight path.