Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles

• Main Author: Jackson, Brian A. (auth)
• Other Authors: Frelinger, David R. (auth), Lostumbo, Michael J. (auth), Button, Robert W. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Terrorism, armed struggle; Technology: general issues; Military engineering; Technology; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners. An example of such a novel threat is the use of cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by terrorist groups. Individual threats cannot be asses...