The US military has used a laser to shoot down a drone flying around the US-Mexico border owned by Customs and Border Protection.
The Federal Aviation Administration closed airspace around Fort Hancock, with the military needing to formally notify the FAA. This is the second time in two weeks that a laser was fired in the area. Commercial flights were not affected by this shutdown. The first time the laser hit nothing, but this recent use of the laser has downed a drone.
Washington U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and two other top Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security committees released a joint statement denouncing the use of the laser and how they had been informed of the decision. ...
