… pressure from the West has reduced the threat from attacks directed and enabled by Islamist terrorist groups … as long as al-Qa’ida (AQ) and Daesh maintain the intent to attack the West. It is likely that Daesh continues to … has allowed terrorist groups like Daesh to grow and plan attacks against the West. The availability of a large pool …
Keywords:
Terrorism
, Threat analysis
, Risk
, Threat
, Islamist Terrorism
, insights
, Intelligence assessments
, Daesh
, Islamism
… 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 …
Keywords:
Firearms
, Threat analysis
, Attack Methodology
, Threat
, Counter Terrorism
, Attack
, Weapons of Terrorism
, Venues and Public Spaces
, Guns
, Ammunition
… 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
… 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