Inside the debacle that led to the closure of El Paso airspace

The FAA cited “a serious risk of fatalities” by a new technology used on the Mexican border and found herself caught in a disagreement with the Pentagonwho considered the weapon “necessary.”

Last spring, in the first months of the mandate of Steve Feinberg as undersecretary of DefensePentagon staff members briefed him on plans to employ new high energy laser weapons to shoot down drones that were being used by mexican cartels for him drug smuggling across the southern border of the United States.

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