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U.S. Hits Iran with Improved Copies of Its Own Suicide Drones

The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran this weekend featured the operational debut of LUCAS, the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, a “suicide drone” modeled on Iran’s notorious Shahed series of drone bombs. LUCAS is a remarkable example of American ingenuity: a vastly improved copy of Iran’s only serious technological innovation since the Islamic Revolution, taken from product rollout to battlefield deployment in just eight months.

Iranian-made Shahed-136 'Kamikaze' drone flies over the sky of Kermanshah, Iran

U.S. Shoots Down CBP Drone near Border in Texas

A U.S. military counter‑drone system brought down a Customs and Border Protection surveillance drone near Fort Hancock, Texas, after operators identified the aircraft as a potential threat inside military‑controlled airspace. Federal officials said the engagement occurred in a remote area

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ANALYSIS: El Paso Airspace Shutdown Indicates Growing Pains in Trump Admin’s Attention to Long-Ignored Cartel Drone Menace

The threat of cartel drone incursions along the U.S.-Mexico border, estimated at 40,000 to 60,000 incidents per year, was largely ignored under the Biden Administration. The February 10 airspace shutdown over El Paso underscores the serious challenges the Trump administration now faces as it finally gives the drone threats to the homeland the urgent attention they deserve.

(Department of War/U.S. Border Patrol)

CBP: Cartels Flew 42,000 Drones near U.S. Border in FY25

Mexican drug cartels are conducting drone operations along the U.S.–Mexico border at industrial scale, with federal agencies now confirming tens of thousands of unmanned flights used to track Border Patrol agents, coordinate smuggling, and probe American airspace. In a statement to Breitbart Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that agents detected more than 42,000 unmanned drone flights near the border in FY25, calling the threat “rapidly evolving” as cartels expand their aerial surveillance capabilities.

CBP: Cartels Flew 42,000 Drones near U.S. Border in FY25 (FILE: Tamaulipas State Police an