SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES – THREATS AND DEFENCE AGAINST THEM

The article discusses actual small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) threats and ways of defence against them. The introduction contains UAVs regulations in the Czech Republic. The literature review of relevant papers in the UAV threats and defence follows. The third part is about off-the-shelf and pr...

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Published inScience & Military Journal Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 32 - 39
Main Author Vilímek, Jakub
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liptovský Mikulás Armed Forces Academy 01.07.2019
Subjects
Defense
Drones
Explosives
Literature reviews
Miniature aircraft
Questions
Sensors
Surveillance
Threat assessment
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Czech Republic
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Summary:The article discusses actual small UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) threats and ways of defence against them. The introduction contains UAVs regulations in the Czech Republic. The literature review of relevant papers in the UAV threats and defence follows. The third part is about off-the-shelf and professional UAVs, which can be misused to attack. The core of this article describes three vital processes for planning UAV protection: detection, identification and elimination. The goal of the article is to define vital questions, which has to be answered before designing any UAV protection system. The correct answers to these questions depend on the protected area, assets, etc.