Signal Drone incidents rise from 6,000 to 51,000 between 2020 and 2024

Summary

Eurasia Group reports that drone incidents around the world jumped from about 6,000 in 2020 to 51,000 in 2024. Over the same four years, known deaths linked to these incidents climbed from 11,300 to more than 39,000. The report explains the surge by the spread of cheap, remotely controlled and increasingly autonomous drones, many of them commercial models modified to carry bombs. It compares the steadily rising baseline to terrorism in the early 2000s. For businesses and regions, the report warns, this means new risks to operations, supply chains and infrastructure both inside and outside war zones.