“According to two of the people briefed on the situation, military officials deployed [anti-drone] technology earlier this week against what they thought was a cartel drone, but which turned out to be a party balloon.🎈 “
The airspace above and around El Paso was completely closed to all traffic — including Medevac and law enforcement — for several hours today due entirely to the utter incompetence of this administration.
The real story? The military was testing anti-#drone weaponry without bothering to inform or coordinate with the #FAA. There was no way to know if the tech represented a threat to commercial traffic, so the FAA used the only tool available to it: a complete shutdown.
The story the administration told us? That “Mexican cartels” were invading the US with drones. 🙄🤦🏼🤣
#aviation #security #drones #Amerika #impeach47 #resist #Ω #donotcomply #crushICE
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