US military used laser to shoot down border protection drone, lawmakers sayExBulletin - ExBulletin

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53% : This was carried out by CBP near Fort Bliss, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the northwest, and prompted the FAA to halt air traffic at and around the El Paso airport.
52% : Morgan Lee/AP . switch captionMorgan Lee/AP 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 further closing airspace near El Paso, Texas.
52% : The government defends the use of anti-drone laser The FAA, CBP and Pentagon issued a joint statement late Thursday acknowledging that the military "employed counter-unmanned aircraft system authorities to mitigate an apparently threatening unmanned aerial system operating in military airspace.
51% : Cartels regularly use drones to deliver drugs to the Mexican border and surveil Border Patrol agents.
50% : In this case, an anti-drone laser was deployed by CBP near Fort Bliss without coordination with the FAA, which then decided to close El Paso airspace to ensure commercial aviation security, according to sources familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss it.
31% : "Under the leadership of President Trump, the War Department, FAA, Customs and Border Patrol are working together in an unprecedented manner to mitigate drone threats from Mexican cartels and foreign terrorist organizations at the U.S.-Mexico border," the statement said.

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