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The US military is using the southern border as a 'sandbox' to test out counter-drone tech amid cartel flights
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The US military is testing counter-drone technology systems at the southern border in response to cartels flying drones over troops, with hundreds of systems being deployed as part of operational trials.
The US military is using the southern border as a 'sandbox' to test out counter-drone tech amid cartel flights
A soldier uses a Dronebuster counter-drone tool during a patrol along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, June 14, 2025.
Pvt. Adrianna Douglas/US Army
Military leaders say drones from Mexican cartels regularly fly over US troops at the US-Mexico border.
"Hundreds" of counter-drone systems are being tested by troops deployed to the southern border.
Commanders have previously warned that commercial drones are changing homeland security threats.
The US military is using the southern bord
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