U.S. Military Uses Laser to Shoot Down 3 Cartel Drones at Southern Border, Pentagon Says
- On Tuesday and Wednesday, the U.S. military used an 'Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser' to shoot down three drones along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, officials said Thursday.
- The Joint Task Force, comprising about 8,000 U.S. service members, was formed last year to support President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and conducted the operation.
- USNORTHCOM officials determined the drones were 'hostile' because they posed 'a physical threat to U.S. military personnel' and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency said.
- Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commander of the Joint Task Force, stated cartels 'are increasingly employing unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate illicit human-smuggling and actively spy on our personnel and law enforcement partners.'
- While cartels primarily use drones for surveillance and smuggling, Austin Doctor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha noted weaponized drone attacks remain rare inside the United States.
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The devices were neutralized between Tuesday night and the first hours of Wednesday by elements of the Southern Border Joint Task Force
With the Multipurpose High Energy Laser, it neutralized three narco devices on the border with MexicoA new stage opens in the type of weapons available to the security forces.
Los Angeles (USA), Aug 28 (EFE).-The U.S. Army used a laser system to knock down three drones related to Mexican drug cartels, flying near the Texas-Mexico border, according to military authorities.The operation took place between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning [...] The U.S. Army entry uses a laser to knock down three cartel drones on the southern border was first published in HolaNews.
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