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.

January 27, 2022

A View from the CT Foxhole: Amy Zegart, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Don Rassler, Brian Fishman

November 17, 2021

A View from the CT Foxhole: General Richard D. Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

Sean Morrow, Nicholas Tallant

September 8, 2021

Twenty Years After 9/11: Reflections from Ali Soufan, Former FBI Special Agent

Paul Cruickshank, Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel

November 20, 2020

Biosecurity in the Wake of COVID-19: The Urgent Action Needed

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

October 8, 2013

Redacted Intelligence Report 002

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Redacted Intelligence Report 003

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Redacted Intelligence Report 008

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Redacted Intelligence Report 007

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October 20, 2016

CTC drones report featured in CNN article

October 12, 2016

Forthcoming CTC report on drones featured in New York Times

September 20, 2013

Washington Post Mentions Deadly Vanguards Report

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May 13, 2011

CNN Cites the CTC’s Deadly Vanguards

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