The ISIS already uses weapons such as rifles, mortars, artillery and suicidal car bombs.

The explosive-dropping drones have killed civilians, damaged some equipment and structure.

Until now, ISIS has not used these drones to deliver chemical weapons,Rudaw said.

ISIS using small commercial drones to drop bombs in Iraq

Image credits: Rudaw

They are very short-range, targeting those front-line troops from the Iraqis.

ISIS fighters abandoned many parts for the drones as they retreated.

Iraqi forces have anti-drone weapons, including gun-like jammers that can drop some commercial models to the ground.

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They have also taken down at least a dozen armed drones so far, Rudaw reports.

There has been an extensive defensive work that has been done in western Mosul, he said.

Source:Rudaw,Popular science

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