Re: chemical attack - that was more of a potential 9/11 style attack possibility. Whether a nuclear response is doctrine gets hard to implement if it's carried out by a non-state actor. Also that's more of a worst case scenario.
Agreed. I was just parroting the checklist for a Chem/Bio Response.
Degree of Response can be from low yield tactical target to immolation of the country.
Obviously can be non nuclear as well depending on CinC disposition (no comment)
Oil refineries - Depends on whether the state actor thinks, if the current possible peace deal with Iran falls through and either Israel or the US decides to hit more desalination infrastructure or oil infrastructure, it becomes a much more tempting target.
Hitting a Domestic target in the US will result in an invasion somewhere.
A plan and capacity to provide them security needs to be a consideration either way as it represents a vulnerability.
Agreed.
And again, non state actors could hit one and cause a lot of disruption to markets.
True. The lone wolf /single cell is tougher to penetrate, but also lacks resources.
and how many refugees from Iran, both legitimate and otherwise, with vulnerable families back home do we have in Canada right now?
That is the under the purview of RCMP and CSIS, as well as allied IC/LEA’s
My neighbours use one of those drones regularly and it is pre-programmed prior to t/o. A simple switch selects independent flight. A 75 liter payload would be the equivalent of 30 or so pounds of explosive.
75l payload is pretty large.
That’s going to be at least 75kg/165lbs.
Not a simple unlicensed UAS.
Furthermore, 75kg of a rudimentary fuel explosive slurry mix isn’t going to do much.
It’s a large blast, any fragmentation or directional efforts will reduce the net explosive content.
I have faith that if someone was trying to do something like this, that Canadian government assets have the ability to intervene before the launch.
Smaller <5lb payload drones would be much easier to amass undetected.
Choose any target, launch and drive away. Long gone by the time it hits. We can't defend against everything everywhere so there is little point in worrying about it. Instead perhaps we should undertake preemptive action such as immediate eviction for illegals or drawing a few red lines ourselves and actually meaning it.
Timothy McVeigh should have shown the world how susceptible we were with the Oklahoma City bombing using the Ryder truck.
Outside of 9/11, the biggest issues with North American terrorism are home grown. Most state actors keep their actions in Canada and the US to assassinations and extortion.
As far as a Red Cell attack with large scale damage — a 5t truck with ANFO crashing into an active airport terminal is about the easiest MCAS domestic action with worldwide results. One can add to the mayhem by having a jellied gasoline mixture around it as well.
It is much easier to discreetly make modern vehicles into a SUCV with large payload than a UAS.
While C-UAS efforts definitely need work, as far as North American applications go, there are much larger security concerns.
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