美国《国防》杂志2016年10月刊登由美国安全政策中心负责政府关系的副主任本·勒纳撰写的《无人机:下一代低技术恐怖威胁》一文。该文章称,近几个月来,伊斯兰圣战主义者接连对西欧和美国境内的软目标发动恐怖袭击。所有这些袭击行动,无论是美国奥兰多夜总会的枪击事件,还是法国国庆日发生在尼斯的卡车冲击人群事件,或是使用斧头袭击德国列车乘客事件,都是分析者此前界定的“低技术恐怖主义”。这些行动使用的武器和进行的策划具有便于实施和成本低的特点。此外,这种袭击行动的攻击目标不再仅限于 United States Defense magazine published a paper entitled “UAVs: The Next Generation of Low-Technology Terrorist Threats,” by Ben Lerner, deputy director of government relations at the U.S. Security Policy Center, in October 2016. The article said that in recent months, Islamic Jihadist series of terrorist attacks on soft targets in Western Europe and the United States. All of these attacks, whether it was a shootout at Orlando’s nightclubs in the United States, a truck-truck attack on Nice on the French National Day, or an ax to attack a German train passenger, were previously defined by analysts as “low-technology terrorism ”. The weapons used and the planning for these operations are characterized by ease of implementation and low cost. In addition, the target of such an attack is no longer limited to