Relevant citations:

Ax, Joseph. “Apparent Attack in Venezuela Highlights Risk of Drone Strikes.” Reuters, August 5, 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-drones/apparent-attack-in-venezuela-highlights-risk-of-drone-strikes-idUSKBN1KQ0MG.

“Bolton: No US Involvement in Attack in Venezuela.” VOA, August 5, 2018. https://www.voanews.com/a/maduro-blames-us-colombia-for-alleged-assassination-attempt/4514408.html.

Ellsworth, Brian, and Vivian Sequera. “Venezuela Arrests Six over Drone Explosions during Maduro Speech.” Reuters, August 5, 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuela-opposition-warns-of-crackdown-after-maduro-denounces-attack-idUSKBN1KQ0IH.

“Maduro Says Foes Used Explosive Drones to Try to Kill Him.” Reuters, August 5, 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-maduro/maduro-says-foes-used-explosive-drones-to-try-to-kill-him-idUSKBN1KQ00R.

“No U.S. Government Involvement in Venezuela Drone Blast: Bolton.” Reuters, August 5, 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa/no-u-s-government-involvement-in-venezuela-drone-blast-bolton-idUSKBN1KQ0GI.

Ulmer, Alexandra. “Blast Scattering Soldiers Makes Venezuela’s Maduro Look Vulnerable:...” Reuters, August 5, 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-maduro/blast-scattering-soldiers-makes-venezuelas-maduro-look-vulnerable-analysts-idUSKBN1KQ0KL.

“Venezuela’s Maduro: ‘Shield of Love’ Thwarted Drone Attack.” VOA, August 4, 2018. https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-s-maduro-object-of-attack-but-is-fine-official-says/4513955.html.

“Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Survives Exploding Drone ‘Attack.’” Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2018. https://www.dw.com/en/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-survives-exploding-drone-attack/a-44957037.

Normal people should be simply horrified. We were spitballing how it was done at home. Apparently all the parts are available at your local Wal-Mart to do such a thing here. Considering the current standing orders at work about drone sightings and how we have to notify Federal Protective Service and Megacenter so that US Marshals Service can roll out to take the things down, I'm left wondering how close we're going to be to another "Joseph Stack" class of incident at work. We've got the building re-clad so that we've got the blast protection in place but a high-speed Drone Racing League unit could break through both layers easily, I suppose.