Weapons & Tactics
Gun. Knife. Bomb. Vehicle-Ramming. Suicide Attack. Mixed Method Assault. Terrorists face a variety of choices when it comes to weapons and tactics. Learn more about trade-offs and specific preferences.
Major Reports
October 15, 2020
Desert Drift, Declining Deadliness: Understanding the Evolution of AQIM’s Suicide Bombings
April 2, 2020
Small Groups, Big Weapons: The Nexus of Emerging Technologies and Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism
February 13, 2018
Targeted Terror: The Suicide Bombers of al-Shabaab
August 9, 2017
Exploding Stereotypes: The Unexpected Operational And Demographic Characteristics of Boko Haram’s Suicide Bombers
February 12, 2015
The Rationale of Political Assassinations
December 1, 2009
