U.S. military shoots down Border Protection drone
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Soldiers faced off in a mid-February competition to find the best drone operators. The Army has noticed that gamers often do it best.
The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.
Cartel drones have been spotted with increased frequency near the border. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that they tend to be “crudely adapted” off-the-shelf models and are used for both surveillance and to drop drug packages.
The airspace closure is across the border from the Valley of Juárez, a well-known border smuggling corridor associated with the Sinaloa drug cartel, located southeast of Juárez across the Rio Grande from the Fabens and Fort Hancock areas east of El Paso.
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France says drone incident near aircraft carrier would be 'provocation' if Russian link confirmed
PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday Paris had no evidence that Russia was behind an unidentified drone neutralised near the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier docked in Sweden but if that were to be the case it would be a "ridiculous provocation".
The Swedish military says that a Russian drone carried out an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden earlier this week while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the Denver-area drone search that found a missing woman with Alzheimer's
Alone, cold and walking along a highway -- that's where a Commerce City police drone spotted a 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease after she wandered away from her home last week.
Videos online show debris and smoke as travelers rush to the exits. The Dubai airport said most of the terminals were evacuated ahead of the attack.