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More than 500 Chinese drones seized by Florida officials will be used for military target practice for evaluation and training purposes.
Instead of setting the machines on fire, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will shoot them down with shotguns, like a hunter would with a duck, according to Bloomberg News.
The quadcopter drones will be used for three days next month to train elite US troops on how to eliminate enemy drones.
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More than 500 Chinese drones seized by Florida officials will be used for military target practice for evaluation and training purposes. (Associated Press)
The “Military Drone Crucible” training event will take place Dec. 4-6 at Camp Blanding, according to the U.S. National Drone Association (USNDA) website.
The event will feature training sessions focused on clearing a room with enemy troops present and attacking an enemy convoy.
The “Military Drone Crucible” training event will take place December 4-6 at Camp Blanding. (Reuters)
“It will be the largest counter-drone destruction event ever held in the United States,” USNDA President Nate Ecelbarger told Bloomberg News.
The largest current drone destruction event took place in September, when an electromagnetic weapon was used to shoot down 49 drones at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, according to Axios.
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US Special Operations Command will shoot down drones with shotguns. (Reuters)
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Navy SEALs, Marines and Army Rangers participated in the Indiana event for training purposes.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration reduced bureaucracy to allow mass production of drones to compete with Russian and Chinese drone programs.
