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  • Suicide attacks – a tactical weapon system By David Ucko, Research Assistant, Defence Analysis Department, and Christopher Langton, Head, Defence Analysis Department, IISS Suicide bombers constitute an inexpensive, intelligent, flexible and mobile weapon capable of inflicting significant physical and psychological damage on chosen targets. Such practical and tactical considerations are often not fully appreciated in analyses of suicide attacks. Perhaps because the notion of self-sacrifice in the name of political ideals and objectives...