The coming drone wars seems to get closer every day....the Pentagon announced Friday the formation of a new joint, interagency task force designed to counter the fastest-growing threat to military units—hostile drones.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll to formally establish “Joint Interagency Task Force 401”, a unified effort to bring together talent from across the government to confront enemy unmanned aerial systems.
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“Our job here at the Pentagon is to prepare for the threats of the future and build a force to match them, defeat them, and outpace them,” Hegseth said in a video address. He emphasized that hostile drones are already being used overseas and at U.S. borders to target warfighters, military bases, and even the sovereignty of America’s airspace.
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With the order, the Pentagon is moving to cut through bureaucracy to consolidate resources...giving the new task force “the utmost authority to outpace our adversaries.” The primary m...