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Military Shoots Down Border Patrol Drone Over Texas

Was the drone incident due to Pentagon incompetence or Border Patrol's coordination failure?

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Military Shoots Down Border Patrol Drone Over Texas

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Above: U.S. military members monitor and install barbed wire fences along the Rio Grande River following the suspension of flights in El Paso, Texas on Feb. 11 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Image credit: Christian Torres/Anadolu/Getty Images

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The Pentagon's reckless deployment of high-energy lasers has turned into a taxpayer-funded disaster, with military operators shooting down America's own Border Patrol drone after mistaking it for a threat. This dangerous incompetence follows the same laser system blasting harmless party balloons and forcing FAA airspace shutdowns, proving the Trump administration bypassed coordination laws and unleashed high-risk weapons without proper protocols. The repeated friendly-fire incidents waste resources while actual cartel threats go unchecked.

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Border Patrol failed basic coordination by flying a drone into a sensitive military zone without notifying Pentagon operators who were actively defending against unknown aerial threats. The military personnel operating counter-drone systems deserve credit for staying vigilant and executing their mission exactly as trained when an unidentified aircraft entered restricted airspace. Proper interagency communication would have prevented this incident entirely, making it a CBP coordination failure rather than a Pentagon mistake.

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