They take us for fools.
Let the conspiracies begin....What if the US government knows who is behind the drones and the reasons behind the drones are being used.
What if the Government knows that the drones are being flown to show how unprepared the US is to defend its homeland, and the Government knows a major terrorist attack is being planned and the government is more than willing to let it happen.
The obvious question is, why would the government allow a major terrorist attack to take place inside the US.
Think back to 9/11 and the aftermath, we started the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the MIC made 100s of billions in profits and the government implemented all sorts of spying mechanisms that allowed to government to spy on its own citizens.
Billions in profits for the MIC and additional restrictions on US citizens, sacrificing the lives of a few thousand Americans is a small price to pay for a bigger goal.
All this being done while a new POTUS takes over would certainly potentially derail his agenda.
We are fools.
$700 billion + Pentagon budget
Hundreds of billions for Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, etc
We can’t keep track of an enemy ship nor account for any of that money
Apparently with some justification.
I posted elsewhere that the lack of action on our part is exactly what is being probed. A hostile actor could mount an impressive decapitation action if these drones were armed and over say, DC, rather than the Joisey shore.
There isn't any more sensitive optical information to be gained by 50 drones versus a handful.