US military forces destroy Iranian fighters, drones
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The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said.
The U.S. military accidentally shoots down a CBP drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border with a laser system after mistaking it for a cartel drone.
Hours after Iranian drones damaged U.S. Navy facilities in Manama, Bahrain, U.S. Navy Central Command told all servicemembers and contractors who live and work in and around the base that the area is no longer safe and they will receive money to stay in a hotel elsewhere.
Before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Washington assembled its largest force and some of its most powerful weaponry in the Middle East in decades.
Three Democratic lawmakers said the shootdown involved a "high risk" counter-drone system, in the second airspace incident this month over Texas.
The U.S. military accidentally used a "laser-based" anti-drone system to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone Thursday night in Texas, lawmakers say.
The U.S. military shot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone with a laser in Texas on Thursday, according to Democratic lawmakers, prompting the closure of airspace near the U.S.-Mexico
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas — The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.
Russian war bloggers are watching the US' new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starshield terminals
Prominent milbloggers raised concerns about what the US might have learned from Russia's war after the LUCAS was deployed in combat against Iran.