The FAA imposed a surprise flight ban over El Paso earlier this week amid disagreements within the U.S. government over the use of a high-energy laser against drones at the border.

And it hasn't even been very long since the last drone scare disrupted society. In December 2024, the FBI asked residents of New Jersey to be on the lookout for suspicious drones, leading to a flood ...

Sources say an Army antidrone laser near Fort Bliss prompted a brief FAA airspace closure—spotlighting the hazards of battlefield technology in civilian skies ...

After the FAA’s rapid reversal of the El paso airspace shutdown, new reporting points to a counter-drone laser and a possible ...

Aviation officials shut down the airspace over El Paso after Customs and Border Protection officials fired a laser on loan from the Pentagon.