After Ukraine’s surprise drone assault on Russia, new attention drawn to sensitive sites stateside
Senators push legislation to block foreign adversaries from buying land near military bases
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published June 3, 2025 11:54am EDT
After Ukraine launched a sudden drone assault on Russian installations, it brought new attention to the U.S.’ own vulnerabilities, regardless of which side the U.S. stood on Kyiv’s attack.
In recent years, Chinese Communist Party-linked entities have commercially targeted land around the U.S., including in the vicinity of sensitive installations like the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.
The Fufeng Group’s 300-acre farmland purchase in 2021 first raised the collective antennae of Congress to such under-the-radar transactions – and even Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swiftly banned them in his state as a result, among other efforts around the country.
On Tuesday, North Dakota’s senators agreed that the U.S. must remain vigilant for any malign activity, whether it be from relatively novel drone assaults to potential espionage through real estate transactions.
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