Confirmed: ISIS Has a Drone Factory in Iraq

Published January 6, 2017 4:02pm ET



The United States military has confirmed what previously was only hinted at: the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS, is producing its own drones—and they are weaponized. A “rocket and unmanned aerial vehicle factory” was among the many targets hit by the coalition near Mosul, Iraq this week.

Just last week, THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported that CENTCOM had targeted an “unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV] facility,” also near Mosul. CENTCOM told TWS that the facility was used to “launch, recover, and restore” drones, but would not say whether or not ISIS was actually building their own UAVs.

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