In another chilling twist, IS – also called Daesh – have stunned Western security agencies by modifying defunct missiles so they are capable of downing passenger jets or military aircraft.
The products of the terror group's research-and-development unit were disclosed after eight hours of training videos carried by a captured IS fighter were handed to SKY News.
Major Chris Hunter, a former UK Special Forces soldier and advisor to the British military, said he was shocked at some of the developments revealed in the film footage.
He said: 'I think this is one of the most significant intelligence finds in terms of Daesh.
'What we've seen with their typical propaganda videos is they're very, very high quality. They're designed, they're produced to inspire people and prospectively touch the nerves of anybody who is viewing them; they're done in a very specific way.
'With this training footage it's very clearly purely designed to pass on information – to pass on the progress in the research and development areas – and it gives us a very good insight into where they are now, what they're aspiring to do and crucially the diversity of the types of threats we might face. I would say it is an intelligence gold mine.' (Sky News)
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