Critics Rip Trump Admin After U.S. Shoots Down Its Own Drone

Critics call out the President Donald Trump and its management, following a major screw-up in the airspace around El Paso, Texas, for the second time in less than a month.

The US military reportedly shot down a drone with a laser gun near the US-Mexico border on Thursday. It turned out that the drone was used by US Customs and Border Protection. Associated Press reported.

Earlier this month, the FAA Close El Paso airport and the surrounding airspace after CBP used the laser. I dropped the party balloons He mistakenly believed they were drones from the Mexican drug cartel. CBS News The closure was also related to military testing of the laser weapon and a disagreement with the FAA over how to handle them, it said.

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In the last case, the FAA closed the airspace but not the airport. This move did not affect commercial flights, AP reported.

Cartel drones have been detected with increasing frequency near the border. Reuters reported earlier this month. They say these tend to be “roughly adapted” off-the-shelf models and are used for both surveillance and dropping drug packs.

But critics criticized the Trump administration for using experimental weapons without properly identifying the target:

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