Battle Of The Drones: How Drone Warfare Is Beginning To Backfire On The US

‘French and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq were attacked by an exploding drone last Wednesday, according to the Pentagon. Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, the current spokesperson for the U.S. coalition in Iraq, admitted the device was “improvised” and said it exploded after it was taken back to a camp near the Iraqi city of Irbil.
Two Kurds lost their lives in the incident, according to a U.S. official. Dorrian referred to the attack as a “Trojan Horse” attack — apparently, the drone looked like a Styrofoam model plane. Two French operatives were also wounded.
The attack confirms a rapidly developing mode of drone warfare, which the U.S. has clearly monopolized. However, due to the wide availability of drones — you can even buy them on Amazon — both sides of the Syrian conflict have been improvising drone technology.’
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