How The U.S. Army Is Training Snipers To Evade Drones
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Polish snipers participate in an exercise with NATO allies in September 2025. Drones equipped with thermal imaging technology make it more challenging for snipers to evade detection. The U.S. Army’s Sniper Course at Fort Benning is now training snipers to hide from drones. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images The U.S. Army is integrating technology into its famed Sniper Course at Fort Benning, Georgia to protect snipers from being detected by drones. Snipers operate in small teams and by blending into their environment–a task being increasingly challenged by Unmanned Aircraft Systems with thermal imaging capabilities. “That’s what really drove us to develop these plans because those are the type of assets our near-peer adversaries are going to have in large-scale combat operations,” Staff Sgt. Brett Bollinger, an Army Sniper Course instructor, said in a statement. “We’ve been evaluating products with the objective of defeating thermal sensors, whether it be aerial or ground systems,” Bollinger said. How Drones Challenge Snipers Unmanned Aircraft Systems, including fiber optic drones, can reconnoiter vast stretches of territory and bring a wide variety of sensors to bear to perform surveillance. This complicates the mission of snipers. Drones can potentially spot snipers using cameras from across long distances or by hovering above unseen. Thermal detection technology puts snipers at greater risk of being spotted and makes them vulnerable to attack. A U.S. Army Sniper Course student trains to approach a target unseen in a stalk lane in 2025 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Students are now training to avoid being spotted by drone systems equipped with advanced thermal imaging sensors. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright) U.S. Army The course is providing snipers with foundational training in Unmanned Aircraft Systems to familiarize them with how drones work. Additionally, the course is teaching…
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