The Drone Wars Are Already Here

The skies of Syria, Yemen, and Libya swarm with armed and dangerous unmanned aerial vehicles. And the technology is spreading farther and farther afield.

By Gwen Ackerman, Selcan Hacaoglu, and Mohammed Hatem

Kurdish fighters are responding mostly by setting tires ablaze to hide under veils of smoke. But they, too, have drones. They are attaching explosives to small flying devices similar to the hobby-craft drones sold in stores for just a few hundred dollars, and using them to dive-bomb targets. And their knowledge of the technology is getting better all the time. “Kurdish militants’ drone operating skills have dramatically improved during the…

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