The US military reportedly shot down a CBP drone with a laser

The US-Mexico borderline successful Fort Hancock, Texas. | Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The US subject mistakenly changeable down a drone belonging to Customs and Border Protection adjacent the Mexican borderline successful Fort Hancock, Texas, according to reports from Reuters and The New York Times. The Thursday incidental reportedly led the Federal Aviation Administration to adjacent the airspace wherever the subject fired the anti-drone laser.

This marks the 2nd clip this period that officials closed airspace adjacent the US-Mexico borderline owed to an incidental involving an anti-drone laser. On February 11th, officials closed airspace astir the El Paso International Airport for hours aft the CBP fired an anti-drone laser without coordinating with the FA …

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