DoD Releases New Strategy to Counter Small Drones
The Department of Defense last week released a new strategy document to address the growing threat of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS).
The new counter drone strategy is a result of recent technological advances that allow adversaries to wage comparatively inexpensive, asymmetric warfare, thereby eroding US dominance in conventional military capabilities.
A month later, plans surfaced of the US Army’s intention to launch a new academy in 2024 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma aimed at teaching soldiers how to counter small military drones on the battlefield.
The DoD’s new plan of action focuses on three approaches to the increasingly complex threat of small drones: readying the force, defending the force, and building the team.
Coordinated counter-sUAS trials have already begun as part of the strategy in, for example, the complex and challenging urban environment of New York.