Critics are calling out President Donald Trump and his administration after what seems to have been an enormous screw-up within the airspace round El Paso, Texas, for the second time in lower than a month.
The U.S. army on Thursday reportedly used a laser weapon to shoot down a drone close to the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone was operated by U.S. Customs and Border Safety, The Associated Press reported.
Earlier this month, the FAA shut down the El Paso airport and surrounding airspace after CBP used a laser to shoot down party balloons that it had mistakenly believed to be Mexican drug cartel drones. CBS News reported that the closure was additionally associated to army assessments of the laser weapon, in addition to a dispute with the FAA over deal with them.
Within the newest case, the FAA closed off airspace, however not the airport. The transfer didn’t influence industrial flights, AP reported.
Cartel drones have been noticed with elevated frequency close to the border. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that they are typically “crudely tailored” off-the-shelf fashions and are used for each surveillance and to drop drug packages.
Nonetheless, critics slammed the Trump administration for deploying experimental weapons with out even accurately figuring out the goal:
