The Uses of Smart Flying Platforms (SFP) to Fight Terrorist Attacks

Abstract

This paper introduces a new concept of unmanned aerial vehicles – UAV’s – are called Smart Flying Platforms (SFP). The main objective of this paper is to evaluate how smart flying platforms in the present and near future can play a crucial role to help to fight terrorism. Basically, we need to assume that in any terrorist attack always exist the high possibility of damage in the people, infrastructure, transportation systems, telecommunications systems access, and basic services immediately. We propose in three areas the uses of smart flying platforms in the case to fight a possible terrorist attack: the aerial monitoring pre-terrorist attack evaluation; the destruction of terrorist logistic and cargo delivery; the post-terrorist attack aerial evaluation.

Keywords: Drones, UAV’s, Terrorism, Indicators

JEL Classification: Q54, Y2