US forces are using more sensors and shooters to detect more drug cartel drones at the southern border
The US military is utilizing the southern border as a testing ground for advanced counter-drone technologies to combat the increasing use of surveillance drones by drug cartels. The initiative involves a layered defense strategy using sensors and lasers to detect and neutralize threats.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the evolution of border security tactics as non-state actors increasingly adopt commercial-grade aerial technology for illicit activities.
US forces are using the US southern border as a sandbox for testing emerging counter-drone systems. US Department of Defense photo by Michelle Martin US forces are using more counter-drone technologies at the southern border as cartel drone detections rise. The US southern border has become a testing ground for testing emerging counter-UAS systems. US officials are using a variety of systems, including lasers, as a layered defense network. US forces are beefing up counter-drone technologies at the southern border, detecting more drug cartel drones as a layered defense against uncrewed aerial systems takes shape. Ongoing testing of different sensors and systems have given the Pentagon a better sense of how cartels are using drones . It also helps pave the way for developing a larger, layered network of defenses against uncrewed systems, as US officials have said that no single type of technology will defeat all drones.
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