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2026-02-27 Science & Technology

Pentagon uses laser to accidentally take down a drone that belonged to Customs and Border Protection

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1837 views ] Top

1 Clearly Jairong is not one of the sharp ones!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-02-27 01:10|| 2026-02-27 01:10|| Front Page Top

2 We support the curve.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-27 01:18|| 2026-02-27 01:18|| Front Page Top

3 I think my comments about this blue on blue being nonlethal for once were on-topic and which part of site TOS or Code of Conduct did they violate?

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-27 01:23|| 2026-02-27 01:23|| Front Page Top

4 Jairong is climbing a bunch of learning curves.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-27 01:39|| 2026-02-27 01:39|| Front Page Top

5 "Less Annoying" would be a start

Posted by Frank G 2026-02-27 04:12|| 2026-02-27 04:12|| Front Page Top

6 ^ Researching facts would be another.

FAA restricts Texas airspace after Pentagon reportedly strikes down Customs and Border Protection drone

U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen, Bennie Thompson and Andre Carson said their "heads are exploding over the news" that a CBP drone was shot down by the Pentagon with "a high risk counter-unmanned aircraft system."

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-27 07:25|| 2026-02-27 07:25|| Front Page Top

7 Unofficial motto of Army Air Defense - If it flies, it dies.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-27 09:44|| 2026-02-27 09:44|| Front Page Top

8 If the hit a duck, the result is dinner.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-02-27 10:26|| 2026-02-27 10:26|| Front Page Top

9 All this fuss over a drone.

Anyway, drones are hard to hit. Let us be impressed the laser operator is successfully climbing his or her learning curve, and buy CBP a replacement unit out of the Army’s budget.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-27 11:09|| 2026-02-27 11:09|| Front Page Top

10 On the plus side, proof the technology works.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-02-27 11:47|| 2026-02-27 11:47|| Front Page Top

11 And to be curious, what it all looked like from the CBP side of the coin.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-02-27 12:07|| 2026-02-27 12:07|| Front Page Top

12 I nominate this whole thread for snark of the day. Ha!

Posted by mossomo 2026-02-27 12:23|| 2026-02-27 12:23|| Front Page Top

13 Technically, not an accident. An accident would be if Specialist Jones was drawing laser dicks in the clouds and the drone happened to cross the path.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-02-27 14:23|| 2026-02-27 14:23|| Front Page Top

14 A learning exercise with minimal downside. And the media and the Dems making a big deal out of it.

Amirite?

Posted by Bobby 2026-02-27 22:43|| 2026-02-27 22:43|| Front Page Top

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