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Soon, teams of counter-drone experts and sensors, electronic warfare systems, and drone interceptors will rush to bases being swarmed by drones.

The Department of War hosted 'Falcon Peak 25.2' to for a cost-effective counter-drone system to disable unauthorized drone activities over sensitive national security sites.

On Feb. 1, 2025, Cao Cruz uploaded a video to his YouTube channel, “Planet Guam,” which depicted sensitive footage of a military installation in Guam. The video garnered close to 12,000 views before being taken down. Cruz was previously warned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about photographing military installations.

There are more than 1 million drones registered with the FAA, a number that has spiked in recent years. Under an interagency agreement that lays out federal C-UAS authority, only the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) can mitigate unauthorized drones, and only in certain cases.

Most American soldiers lack the know-how for fighting with unmanned systems, and while the US has excelled at building large, expensive weaponry, it is in many ways unprepared to quickly produce large quantities of small,

It’s the stuff of sci-fi nightmares. But also perhaps the concept behind China’s gigantic new drone mothership called Jiu Tian (“Ninth Heaven”), allegedly capable of releasing as many as 100 small, kamikaze drones from its side-mounted payload bays.

Story edited by Steve Padilla, Column One Editor, Los Angeles Times This article was co-published with Los Angeles Times and Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener, and funder dedicated to high-quality,

This was the latest event after a series of incursions by Russian military aircraft into NATO airspace in September, leading to heightened tensions between NATO and Russia.

Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod region have killed two civilians while Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine left one man dead