Laser Weapon Cuts Suspected Cartel Drone Flights 75% Along Texas Border, Officials Say
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Military's New Laser Weapon Slashes Cartel Drone Activity by 75% at Southern Border
The U.S. military has eliminated eleven cartel-linked drones in just ten days using a high-energy laser weapon system now deployed along the southern border, and officials say the technology is already changing the game against criminal organizations operating from Mexico.
Laser weapon cuts suspected cartel drone flights 75% along Texas border, officials say
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — Drone flights probing the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas have fallen by about 75% in less than two weeks since the military first used a high-energy laser to destroy suspicious aircraft, officials told CBS News. The Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system, also known as AMP-HEL, made its operational debut… The post Laser weapon cuts suspected cartel drone flights 75% along Texas border, officials say appeared fir…
Previously, the army used interference devices to return the drones to their place of origin, but now it can take them down if it considers them a threat by a Mexican cartel.
The US military has deployed a high-energy laser system against cartel drones on the southern border, and the move has reduced the number of drones detected in the Rio Grande Valley by about 75 percent, military officials told CBS News.
US military says drone activity at Mexico border drops 75% after it used laser weapon: Report
The military previously used jamming tools to send drones back to their place of origin, but can now eliminate a drone if it feels like a threat from a Mexican cartel.
On the border between the United States and Mexico a new technology has been in place for a few days to counter unauthorized drones, mostly belonging to the lords of drug trafficking. It is the Army Multipurpose High-Energy Laser, better known as AMP-HEL, an anti drone laser system that the Joint Task ForceSoutern Border (JTF-SB) has integrated ... Read more
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