Security Forces Airmen Will Soon Need Better Anti-Drone Weapons, General Says
9 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
As the Pentagon looks for ways to prevent small drones from targeting American bases, U.S. Air Force Security Forces will need better tools to deter the unmanned systems, which aim to disrupt base operations or spy on aircraft, according to a top general.
"We're going to need to factor in, as we look to the future, [ways to] counter small UAS," or unmanned aerial systems, said Lt. Gen. Warren Berry, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection. Berry spoke during a Mitchell Institute Aerospace Nation event Thursday.
"That's going to be a demand signal on this course moving forward that we're going to have to really think through," he said, adding that the Air Force is charting solutions to "make sure that we have [airmen] resourced appropriately to execute that part of the airbase air defense mission as well."
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