Small Drones, Growing Threat: Inside the Push to Protect US Airspace

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Many drones operating domestically are small, easily modified, and accessible to almost anyone. They could be used as cameras, a hobby, or in the wrong hands, a weapon. From stadiums to critical infrastructure, federal and local agencies are now expanding their ability to detect and stop potential drone threats to the U.S. homeland. "Drones can come from any height, any azimuth, and so it makes it a little bit more challenging to plan for the safety of that because you have to protect from all directions and all angles," explained FBI Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Snyder, who heads up the agency's Counter UAS Operations Unit. We saw the scale of that challenge on display during the World Cup. Federal, state, and local authorities seized more than 700 drones across 11 host cities. While officials say none were weaponized, each unknown drone had to be treated as a potential threat. Agent Snyder tells CBN News that the worst-case scenario is a drone equipped with an explosive device,

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