Editing Slingshot (section)

==Military use==
Slingshots have been used as military weapons, but primarily by guerrilla forces due to the easily available resources and technology required to construct one. Such guerrilla groups included the [[Irish Republican Army]];{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} prior to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], [[Saddam Hussein]] released a [[propaganda]] video demonstrating slingshots as a possible [[Insurgency weapons and tactics|insurgency weapon]] for use against invading forces.<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Shane
| first = Scott
| title = In Video, Hussein Uses Slingshots and Bows to Rally Iraqis for War
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| date = 2006-11-24
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/world/middleeast/24saddam.html
| access-date = 2009-12-21}}</ref>

Slingshots have also been used by the military to launch [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAVs).  Two crew members form the fork, with an elastic cord stretched between them to provide power to launch the small aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usmilitary.about.com/od/afweapons/a/sfuav.htm
|title=Security Forces Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
|publisher=Air Force News Service
|author=Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean
|date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329064447/http://usmilitary.about.com/od/afweapons/a/sfuav.htm
|archive-date=2012-03-29
}}</ref>

On the [[Battle of Marawi]], the soldiers of the Philippine Army's elite [[1st Scout Ranger Regiment|Scout Rangers]] were observed using slingshots with grenades as an improvised mortar to attack [[Maute Group|Maute]] and [[Abu Sayyaf]] forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.update.ph/2017/09/look-scout-rangers-use-improvised-giant-slingshot-in-marawi-angry-birds-style/20991|title=LOOK: Scout Rangers use improvised giant slingshot in Marawi, Angry Birds style - Update Philippines|access-date=2018-05-24|archive-date=2019-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728222622/https://www.update.ph/2017/09/look-scout-rangers-use-improvised-giant-slingshot-in-marawi-angry-birds-style/20991|url-status=dead}}</ref>