THREAT LANDSCAPE
Physical Attack
• UAVs launched 2 km away perform low-level penetration: drop explosives / incendiary bottles, spray bio-agents, photograph inner security layouts, or ram VIP convoys and building entrances, potentially triggering terror incidents.
Information Theft
• Personnel-triggered micro-drones lift off suddenly, reach critical zones within seconds, conduct close-range filming or drop jammers; extremely low signature and high concealment.
Silent Penetration
• Wire-guided or inertial-navigation platforms emit zero RF, evade conventional sensors, exploit radar blind spots around core sites, and loiter before impact or payload release.
REGULATORY CHALLENGES
Identification Difficulty
• Silent aircraft present no RF signature; traditional radar / spectrum detection fails. EO/IR alone, hampered by weather, light and aspect, delivers <50 % accuracy.
Trace-Back Difficulty
• Pilots hide inside dense buildings, vehicles or on rooftops; legacy DF cannot locate them. Without rapid geolocation the “source strike” opportunity is lost.
Inter-Agency Difficulty
• Core sites involve security, police, cyber and other bodies. Threat data sync lags, multi-department reaction is slow, and the counter-UAS window is missed.
