Russia wants to arm small drones with bombs, a tactic that ISIS fighters used against Russian troops in Syria. Here, U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Michael Francica, with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pilots an InstantEye quadcopter during an operations check for Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Scott Jenkins
Business Insider: Russia wants to arm its troops with small drones that drop bombs because ISIS did it
* The Russian Ministry of Defense told news site Izvestia that it will supply troops with small drones that will eventually be able to drop bombs.
* ISIS has attacked Russian forces with small, bomb-rigged drones in Syria last year. These drones and quadcopters are the kinds of things hobbyists buy, and ISIS turned "these very simple, unsophisticated devices into very deadly ones," said Samuel Bendett, a researcher at the CNA Corporation, told INSIDER.
* "They're seeing what works best, and if it doesn't work, they'll discard it," Bendett said.
Russia is planning to supply its troops with small-scale drones that can drop bombs, Russian news site Izvestia reported last week. The quadcopters outfitted with explosives are modeled after similar commercial drones rigged with explosive devices used by ISIS fighters in Syria.
"This is a very tactical [unmanned aerial vehicle], we're talking about small UAV with a close range," Samuel Bendett, a researcher at the CNA Corporation and a member of CNA's Center for Autonomy and AI, and a fellow in Russia studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, told INSIDER.
"Downrange, they will probably be able to strap a couple of grenades or bombs" to the UAVs, Bendett said.
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WNU Editor: The Russian military is also developing a larger suicide drone .... Russian firm Kalashnikov set to unleash kamikaze drones (Stars and Stripes).
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