U.S. Forces Have Confirmed That They Have Destroyed For The First Time An Enemy Drone And Its ISIS Operators In Iraq

Image from a video taken by an ISIS drone flying over Syria. Yibada

Daily Beast: Is ISIS Building A Drone Army?

As U.S.-led coalition forces confirm they shot down an ISIS drone this week, experts warn the extremists could soon adapt the technology for battle purposes.

The self-proclaimed Islamic State—also known as ISIS or ISIL—has added drones to its arsenal, and for the first time, the U.S.-led coalition took one of their drones out, officials announced Wednesday.

“Near Fallujah, [Iraq,] an airstrike destroyed an ISIL remotely-piloted aircraft and an ISIL vehicle,” said a Wednesday press release from the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF), which speaks on behalf of the 62-member U.S.-led coalition conducting strikes in Iraq and Syria.

This week, the unmanned drone had been conducting surveillance nearby, U.S. military officials told The Daily Beast. The drone was then loaded into a vehicle, which was subsequently destroyed—along with the drone—by coalition forces on Tuesday.

WNU Editor: This is not the first time that the Islamic State has used drones .... ISIS jihadists use slick drone video to turn deadly battle for Kobane into computer game (National post/The Telegraph)

More News On U.S. CENTCOM Confirming That They Have Destroyed For The First Time An Enemy Drone And Its ISIS Operators In Iraq

Officials: US Bombs ISIS Drone in Iraq -- Defense News/AFP
US shoots down ISIS-operated drone for the first time -- RT
US Airstrike Destroys ISIL Drone -- Sputnik
U.S. Aerial Drone Destroys ISIS Aerial Drone in Iraq -- Yibada
ISIS And America Both Lost Drones This Week -- Popular Science
No, ISIS is not building an army of drones -- Brett LoGiurato, Fusion