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(Associated Press photo)

A camera-equipped Phantom unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Chinese company Dajiang Innovations (DJI) hovers 10 January
2015 during a test in Shanghai, China. A DJI-manufactured UAV like the one shown crashed on the White House lawn 26 January 2015.

Countering the
Unmanned Aircraft
Systems Threat
Col. Matthew T. Tedesco, U.S. Army

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key lesson of history is that every war is
different. Consequently, to benefit from the
insights provided by history, prudent war
planners must confront the probability of the unexpected by applying training, doctrine, and equipment
aimed at anticipating and addressing a wide variety
of future challenges. For example, militaries that
are not examining ways to defend against th e use of
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unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are not preparing
adequately for the next war, or even the emergence of
an already clear and present danger to their interests.
Unfortunately, the U.S. military has been among
those slow to acknowledge the UAS threat and has
only recently started to examine the basic requirements to address the challenges associated with UAS
defense. Although the United States—fueled by
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