Colombia’s “Poor Man’s Air Force”: The Rise of Insurgent Drone Warfare and the State’s Counter-Response in 2025

ABSTRACT Between April 2024 and October 2025, Colombian authorities documented more than 320 drone-enabled attacks attributed to insurgent and criminal organizations, primarily the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to data released by the Ministry of Defense of Colombia (MinDefensa) (Boletín de Seguridad, August 2025). … Leggi tutto Colombia’s “Poor Man’s Air Force”: The Rise of Insurgent Drone Warfare and the State’s Counter-Response in 2025