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Posted on 05/17/2026 4:33:53 AM PDT by Libloather
Team USA is getting ready to defend its goal against swarming World Cup attackers on the field next month – while Team Fed is deputizing local authorities to fend off swarms of potentially deadly drones in the sky.
The US has appropriated $250 million this year to battle “nefarious and unlawful” drone use.
“Drones are a big threat now. I think they take it very seriously,” said Rep. Robert Aderholdt (R-Alabama), a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman.
“It’s a big deal. We’ve got all of this converging on New Jersey,” added Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.). “It’s a real challenge.”
In June, the FBI opened its new National Counter-UAS Training Center in Huntsville, Ala., where it teaches local law enforcement how to identify and track – as well as “mitigate” – drones, an FBI spokesperson told The Post. That includes taking them out of the sky if necessary.
The two-week course has now schooled 60 locals from each of the 11 World Cup host sites, including from New York and New Jersey.
That includes “hands-on training” and a “capstone field exercises” to build “coordinated counter-drone capability nationwide.”
They will be joined by officials from FBI field offices and the Secret Service to safeguard the tournament action that stretches 39 days.
The government has been doling out millions to protect against the rising threat. Texas just got another $3.2 million to “mitigate unauthorized or potentially dangerous drone activity” and guard crowds and critical infrastructure for matches in Dallas in Houston.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Are any of the fans at these games going to be Americans, outside of celebrities?
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