Cartels

US security forces at the Mexican border face a surge in cartel drone activity. Following the Falcon Peak exercise, the military deployed lasers to down hostile drones and tests advanced countermeasures.

Criminal organizations and guerrilla groups in Colombia are trying to send fighters to the Ukrainian front so they can learn to operate advanced explosive drones and use the knowledge against their country's army. After hundreds of aerial attacks and 15 soldiers killed, the government in Bogota is investing $1.6 billion in a "drone shield": "Security forces have completely lost their monopoly on...