The U.S. military deployed a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone near El Paso, Texas, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to close airspace in the area; it is the second such incident in two weeks. Congressional Democrats criticized the Trump administration for failing to implement coordination protocols between the Pentagon, FAA, and Department of Homeland Security, while the Pentagon defended the action as necessary to mitigate a threatening unmanned aircraft operating within military airspace.
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The U.S. military deployed a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone near El Paso, Texas, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to close airspace in the area; it is the second such incident in two weeks. Congressional Democrats criticized the Trump administration for failing to implement coordination protocols between the Pentagon, FAA, and Department of Homeland Security, while the Pentagon defended the action as necessary to mitigate a threatening unmanned aircraft operating within military airspace.