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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 15, 2024, 02:27:07 pm
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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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https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/us-news/air-force-general-reveals-alarming-number-of-drones-crossing-into-us-airspace-at-southern-border/
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Why is this a shock?
Criminals are using drones to transport contraband, or, to gather intelligence about Customs and Border Patrol acitivies along Biden's Open Border.
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Why is this a shock?
Criminals are using drones to transport contraband, or, to gather intelligence about Customs and Border Patrol acitivies along Biden's Open Border.
If for no other reason, the coyotes can pick the clear areas to deliver the goods, be they drugs, humans, or whatever.