Border airspace breached: Cartel drones test US defenses and raise new fears

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy later stated that the FAA and the Department of War had acted to address a cartel-related drone incursion, neutralizing the threat before reopening the airspace. The United States has both the authority and the obligation to defend its territory and airspace. The administration now faces a choice: respond incident by incident — or establish durable control of the skies along the southern border.