Aerial Terrorism

  • Ajey Lele
    Group Captain (Dr) Ajey Lele (Retd.) is the Deputy Director General, MP-IDSA. Earlier, he was a Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and headed… Continue reading Aerial Terrorism read more
    Archana Mishra
    Volume:3
    Issue:3
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    Aerial terrorism is gradually emerging as a potent form of terrorism capable of causing significant damage to human life and infrastructure. Aircrafts and UAVs can be easily used as guided missiles to target key locations and installations; and more importantly, to communicate a political message. Dealing with such threats can be difficult as it becomes complicated to fully understand the nature and scope of unconventional acts of terrorism. Nonetheless, there is a need to frame mechanism to assess such threats and prepare suitable responses to pre-empt the likelihood of such terror incidents.

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    Posted on: July 29, 2009

    Keywords: Terrorism July 2009 | Journal of Defence Studies