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Terrorist use of Bladed or Blunt Force Weapon (BBFW) in the UK

… A bladed or blunt force weapon (BBFW) is the most likely attack methodology if either an Islamist or Extreme Right Wing Terrorist (ERWT) attack were to occur in the UK. Such weapons are easy to … without training. It is highly likely that any future BBFW attack will make use of common kitchen knives, which are …

Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , Attack Methodology , Venues and Public Spaces , VAPS , Bladed weapons , Attack Methodology , Marauding Attack , Knives

Threat from Drones in the UK

… adapted for military purposes and used to mount successful attacks. It is likely that terrorists will seek to learn … conflicts, the use of a weaponised UAV in a terrorist attack in the UK is unlikely in the next 12 months. This is … employing UAVs as the weapon itself or in roles outside an attack such as hostile reconnaissance. What is a drone? A …

Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon , Hostile Reconnaissance , Drone , public spaces , Venues and Public Spaces

The Threat from Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism (LASIT)

… or practice. Headline Assessment We assess a terrorist attack in the UK motivated by LASIT ideology to be unlikely. … activity falls below the terrorism threshold. What LASIT attacks have taken place in the West? There has been a … in Italy and Action Directe in France carried out a wave of attacks across Western Europe. By the late 1980s and 1990s …

Keywords: Risk , Threat , Terrorist threat , LASI , LASIT , Left Anarchist and Single Issue Terrorist , Single Issue Terrorist , Incel , Extreme views

Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… an insight into terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW) attacks. … an Islamist terrorist or Extreme Right-Wing terrorist attack were to occur in the UK, the use of a Vehicle as a … plotting in the UK will, in some instances, form part of an attack including other methodologies. How and why do …

Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis , MTA , Marauding Attack , vehicle security barriers , National vehicle threat mitigation unit

Threat from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism

… Globally, there has been a very small number of terrorist attacks where CBRN materials have been used. A chemical … in 1990. In Japan, a chemical weapon and a biological attack occurred against various targets between 1990 and … from CBRN Terrorism in the UK Whilst a CBRN terrorist attack has not previously occurred in the UK, Police and …

Keywords: CBRN , Threat analysis , Threat , Attack Methodology , Chemical , Biological , Radiological , Nuclear , Counter Terrorism

Terrorist use of Firearms

… The threat of a terrorist attack by firearm in the UK is not likely, but it is … Terrorist attacks in the UK using firearms are extremely rare. In the … occasion where a firearm has been discharged in a terrorist attack on the UK mainland. Although there is a criminal …