Drones

U.S. troops face new threat as ISIS deploys flying IEDs

Drone warfare recently entered a new chapter in which America’s adversaries can successfully deliver explosives via cheap, commercially available unmanned aircraft, challenging the U.S. military to go on the defensive. 

An explosives-laden Islamic State drone killed two Kurdish peshmerga troops and wounded two French paratroopers early this month in the vicinity of Erbil, Iraq,Popular Science reported. It is believed to be the first time the militant group has inflicted such casualties.

The drone exploded while it was being inspected after being shot down, Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, confirmed Wednesday.