Air Force general reveals ‘alarming’ number of drones crossing into US airspace at southern border: ‘Over 1,000 a month’
By Social Links for Victor Nava
Published March 15, 2024, 12:52 a.m. ET
More than 1,000 drones per month are crossing into US airspace near the border with Mexico, a top general told lawmakers Thursday.
The number of unmanned drone incursions is “alarming” and presents a “growing” potential threat to national security, Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, the commander of North American Defense Command and US Northern Command, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
“The number of incursions was something that was alarming to me as I took command last month,” Guillot said in response to a question from Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC).
“I don’t know the actual number – I don’t think anybody does – but it’s in the thousands,” he added.
When pressed by Budd on the timeframe the general was using to make his estimation, Guillot responded, “We can probably have over 1,000 a month.”
The top NORAD official noted that while the number of incursions alarms him, he hasn’t “seen any of them manifest in a threat to the level of national defense.”
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