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2026-03-23 Home Front: WoT

A B-52 bomber base in Louisiana was surrounded by unidentified drones

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Posted by badanov 2026-03-23 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1840 views ] Top

1 From Stephen Bryen's substack "Weapons & Strategy"

What we know is that the drones had extraordinary range, could resist broad spectrum jamming, and featured non-commercial signal characteristics. Even more provocatively, the drones used various ingress and egress routes and operated in dispersed patterns, making traceability (by trying to triangulate on signals) virtually impossible. We do not know if the drones transmitted information while they were over the base, stored information they transmitted later, or whether the drones may have had satellite links.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-23 05:16|| 2026-03-23 05:16|| Front Page Top

2 "It's just a Chinese weather balloon"

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-23 06:48|| 2026-03-23 06:48|| Front Page Top

3 When do they start visiting Hartsfield Jackson, Laguardia, and O'Hare? Could solve the TSA 'long lines' problem. Just say'n.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-23 07:19|| 2026-03-23 07:19|| Front Page Top

4 [Asia Times]
Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana’s Barksdale bomber base

Louisiana, so they approached from the Gulf?
Maybe that Russian oil tanker had more than oil.

[Moscow Times]
U.S. Tightens Sanctions Waiver on Russian Oil After Tanker Reportedly Delivers Fuel to Cuba

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-23 07:58|| 2026-03-23 07:58|| Front Page Top

5 Making Havana dependent upon Moscow is not a bad thing. Yet another administration chess move ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-23 08:03|| 2026-03-23 08:03|| Front Page Top

6 Barksdale is a good ways from the Gulf. Up by Shreveport.
There's only a couple of thousand places in the middle of nowhere this could nave been done from.

Posted by ed in texas 2026-03-23 09:11|| 2026-03-23 09:11|| Front Page Top

7 ^Sleeper cell?

Posted by Bobby 2026-03-23 10:02|| 2026-03-23 10:02|| Front Page Top

8 Need UK's giant swatters.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-23 16:56|| 2026-03-23 16:56|| Front Page Top

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