Drone activity at U.S.-Mexico border drops 75% after U.S. uses laser weapon, military says

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Sept. 7, 2026, 1 p.m.
Last Updated Sept. 7, 2026, 1 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/laser-weapon-us-military-drone-activity-us-mexico-border/

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_McAllen, Texas_ — Less than two weeks after the military first used a high- energy laser weapon system to down suspicious drones, military officials told CBS News there has been a roughly 75% decrease in the number of drones probing the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley. The system made its...