U.S. Military Uses Laser to Shoot Down 3 Cartel Drones at Southern Border, Pentagon Says
The Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser marked the first confirmed use of directed energy against cartel-operated aircraft, officials said.
- 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 intercepted drones had been classified as a physical threat.
U.S. Military Uses Lasers to Shoot Down Mexican Cartel Drones at Southern Border * The Gateway Pundit * by Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal
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American media reported that the US military shot down 3 drones belonging to a Mexican drug cartel (probably those that carry cocaine through the "Trump wall") using a combat laser
American media reported that the US military shot down 3 drones belonging to a Mexican drug cartel (probably those that carry cocaine through the "Trump wall") using a combat laser. It's time for Mexican drug cartels to start actively using FPV drones...
U.S. Military Shoots Down 3 Mexican Cartel Drones With Laser
(The Epoch Times)—A laser system was used to shoot down three drug cartel drones in southern Texas, close to the Mexican border, the U.S. military said on Aug. 27. The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, in a joint statement, said an Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) was used overnight on […] The post U.S. Military Shoots Down 3 Mexican Cartel Drones With Laser appeared first on 🔔 The Liberty Daily.
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.
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