US officials and security teams are staying awake at night worried that potential terrorists might be weaponizing civilian drones with explosives, the way Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has done in Iraq and Syria. “Small UAS [drones] with a small payload, that can be absolutely deadly,” Mark Lilly, a civilian employee of the US Air … Continue reading Weaponized civilian drones a ‘tangible reality’ – US officials