Posted on 08/27/2019 8:08:10 AM PDT by Gamecock
Full Title: JIHADI KARMA ISIS fighter killed by drone bomb he was operating after it ran low on battery and flew back
AN ISIS terrorist blew himself up when the drone bomb he was operating ran low on battery — and flew back.
The idiotic killer was targeting allied forces after the Battle for Mosul in northern Iraq.
He had customised his weapon to carry plastic explosive and planned to detonate it by troops based in the city.
But his plan backfired because he had forgotten to sufficiently charge the device.
Civilian drones — as weaponised by ISIS — automatically 'boomerang' back to their point of launch when they start to run out of power.
They are programmed to return to prevent owners losing their machines.
OPERATION SHADER UK troops — including the SAS — are training Iraqi soldiers as part of Operation Shader and are plagued by drone attacks.
A security source said: “We receive intelligence from locals about enemy activity and tactics.
“We learned this idiot had wired up his drone with explosives but was killed when it’s batteries ran low and it flew home.
“With a weak signal for some reason it detonated over his head.
“This caused quite a laugh for us but the drone threat is very real. The fighter killed himself last year due to his own ineptitude, but is still keeping moral high today.” ISIS has become advanced in its use of drone weapons, which it dubs its ‘air force’.
The battle for Mosul ended officially in 2017 but British troops are still training Iraqis there.
Although the battle for the city was won, the drone threat is ongoing.
DRONE THREAT Customised commercial versions — such as the £1,200 Chinese-made DJI Phantom — are used as flying bombs or to carry munitions to drop.
The source said a common, simple and effective tactic is to push a hand grenade — with pin pulled — in a steel tube attached to the aircraft.
Once over the target the drone is remotely dipped so the grenade slides out of the tube, releasing the trigger mechanism.
Some grenades are adapted with fins attached to help them fly more accurately.
Iraqi security forces then came up with their own response, by attaching shuttlecock feathers to their own grenades, again dropped by drone, to help guide the munitions to the ground.
The source added: “Drone warfare is hugely effective for insurgents.
“They can see where we are operating, choose targets then launch a coordinated attack from up to three miles away.
“They are very hard to shoot down with small arms. The most effective response is to find the operators and kill them on sight.
“The hapless ISIS fighter blew himself up months ago and the hope is his stupidity will put off other insurgents.”
Don’t the troops carry shotguns for skeet shooting.
72 tops and 72 bottoms
His last words were recorded as “Allahu fubar!!”
The drone ran low on energy and ‘FLEW BACK’?
Is that what drones do when they run out of energy, they boomerang back to their starting points?
That sounds like a Wiley Coyote type situation. Worst case scenario.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Yep! You don’t want to lose your bomb-laden drone now do you?
Instruction for Jihadi grenades provided by US:
Grasp grenade in left hand
Pull pin with right hand
Throw pin at target
Oh wait.. my mistake ...sorry
That Bomb cartoon is hysterical. I could watch it over & over.
Sounds like he used an Acme Drone, just like Wile E.Coyote.
Ooops
Reminds me of the video a few years ago where a guy lit a stick of dynamite and threw it. His dog thought he was playing “fetch.”
How many ways can you say “Oh sh_t!”
His name is Muslim for ‘Wil E. Coyote’s, I guess...
Yes, almost all civilian models also do this. It takes a GPS location when it is launched, and if they get out of range or the battery gets low they automatically return back to where they came from so that you don’t have to go chase it down. In most cases it is a handy feature, but obviously not in this case.
Allah Akb.......[signal lost]
You get the prize for the best answer!!!!!!!!!!!!
This story should be accompanied by Looney Tunes sound effects and end-title music.
LOLing!
Almost as good a story as the Palestinian terrorist who did not realize that Israel was on a different time zone than where he was coming from. He set hit bomb to go off an hour early as a result.
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