Inside The Islamic State's Terror Weapons Lab

SKY News: Exclusive: Inside IS Terror Weapons Lab

Experts describe the footage obtained by Sky News of a "jihadi technical college" as an intelligence gold mine.

Terror group Islamic State is employing scientists and weapons experts to train jihadists to carry out sophisticated "spectacular" attacks in Europe, while also modifying weapons systems capable of targeting passenger jets and military aircraft.

From a "jihadi university" in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the scientists have stunned western weapons experts by producing a homemade thermal battery for surface-to-air missiles.

It had been regarded as a virtually impossible feat for terror groups working without a military infrastructure.

WNU Editor: Their focus on taking anti-aircraft missiles and refurbishing them to work is what caught my attention (at the 5:20 mark in the above video). What is disturbing is that this is a video that was made to educate other militants on what they can do .... it is not a propaganda video.

More News On The Islamic State's Weapons Lab

Inside the jihadi workshop of death: How ISIS is developing driver-free vehicles for bomb attacks in the West and sophisticated new missile technology capable of downing passenger jets -- Daily Mail
Hi-tech missiles and mannequin car bomb testers: Inside the ISIS university planning attacks on UK -- The Sun
IS weapons capabilities revealed after intelligence 'gold mine' seized -- Press Association
Isis develop sophisticated new weaponry 'capable of shooting down passenger jets' -- Independent

During 2015 The Islamic State Lost 40% Of Its Territory In Iraq And 20% In Syria

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The Independent: Isis 'loses 40% of Iraq territory and 20% in Syria' as international air strikes support ground operations

The US-led international coalition bombing the group believes the strategy is working

Isis has lost 40 per cent of its territory in Iraq and a fifth in Syria as the so-called “Islamic State” continues to diminish, military officials have said.

A spokesperson for the US-led coalition bombing the group’s territories said the retreat was from militants' point of “maximum expansion” in both countries.

Colonel Steve Warren told a press conference: “The enemy is weaker and on the defensive. They have not gained one inch in Iraq since May.”

WNU Editor: The Islamic State may have lost territory, but they are not on the defensive .... Daesh launches offensives in northwest Iraq (Al Bawaba).

More News On The Islamic State Losing Territory In 2015

Islamic State 'loses 40% of territory in Iraq' -- BBC
US-led coalition: ISIS has lost 30 percent of its territory in Iraq, Syria -- FOX News/AP
Islamic State territory shrinks in Iraq and Syria: U.S.-led coalition -- Reuters
IS territory shrinks in Iraq and Syria -- The Australian
Islamic State said to have lost vast swaths of land in 2015 -- Times of Israel