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US Army tests counter-drone tech at Mexican border as cartel drone use rises · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: The United States Army deployed advanced counter-unmanned aerial systems along
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  Speaker 1: the southwestern frontier to evaluate cutting-edge detection and interception capabilities
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  Speaker 1: amid a sharp rise in unauthorized drone flights linked to
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  Speaker 1: Mexican drug cartels. Military officials operating under Joint Task Force
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  Speaker 1: Southern Border revealed that defense tracking networks logged 378 unauthorized
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  Speaker 1: drone incursions over a 30-day evaluation period. confirming an accelerating
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  Speaker 1: trend of cross-border, unmanned aerial vehicle activity. Operational command units
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  Speaker 1: are utilizing the active border environment to conduct real-world field
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  Speaker 1: tests on field-deployable radars, directed energy lasers, automated kinetic interceptors,
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  Speaker 1: and electronic warfare platforms designed to neutralize low-altitude aerial threats.
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  Speaker 1: Military intelligence assessments indicate that transnational criminal organizations primarily deploy
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  Speaker 1: commercially available off-the-shelf drones to conduct real-time reconnaissance, monitor tactical
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  Speaker 1: troop movements, and facilitate illicit cross-border smuggling operations. To counter
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  Speaker 1: these aerial probing efforts, defense forces deployed specialized high-energy laser systems.
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  Speaker 1: successfully disabling multiple cartel-linked reconnaissance drones operating along critical transit corridors.
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  Speaker 1: Operational leaders emphasized that testing automated counter-US technology outside controlled
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  Speaker 1: laboratory environments allows units to evaluate kinetic systems, automated machine
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  Speaker 1: gun mounts, and radio frequency jammers against Agile. Low-cost target profiles.
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  Speaker 1: The live fire and field testing initiatives reflect a broader
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  Speaker 1: Department of Defense strategy to accelerate acquisition frameworks and integrate
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  Speaker 1: commercial defense innovations into active operational roles. Army commanders highlighted
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  Speaker 1: that modern counter-drone protocols drawn from recent global conflicts demand
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  Speaker 1: rapid iterative adaptations to defeat low-altitude surveillance networks. By pairing
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  Speaker 1: tactical ground forces with autonomous interception technologies and directed energy weapons,
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  Speaker 1: federal authorities aim to establish a persistent protective umbrella along
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  Speaker 1: high-density operational zones, significantly disrupting cartel communications and tactical surveillance
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  Speaker 1: capabilities across the southern border.