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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

DARK SECRETS: Alarm as us far right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks | Rare Historical Photos

a drone flies
Drone warfare is now considered critical tradecraft for any military or paramilitary group. Photograph: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

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.

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