Posted on 03/12/2026 9:50:05 AM PDT by MarlonRando
Army investigators are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two masked men who stole the drones from Fort Campbell in November. The drones were stored in a secretive engineer battalion building on the base. All four drones were taken from the supply between November 21 and 24 from the Army installation situated on the border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee.
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Inside job.
November???
There are cameras everywhere, now.
Sounds like an inside job.
Check phone and bank records of all who had access.
Four Military Drones Stolen from Fort Campbell in Kentucky
Skydio X10D Drone Systems...unmanned aerial drone designed with a modular payload capability. The U.S. Army 7th Army Training Command, last July, used the Skydio X10D to drop a live M67 grenade for the first time at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.
Spotted on the Last Train to Clarksville.
Pretty lax base security.
Base commander should be removed. Get someone competent in charge.
Great videos of the drone in action on this home page.
At the cost of a military drone they couldn’t integrate some kind of AirTag-like tracking, anti-tampering or remote destruction mechanisms?
Transponder is hopefully registered somewhere.
Click the “Watch Video” link on their home page. Too bad they chose a very annoying female narrator (needs a masculine, tough narration voice, not an effeminate fembot).
I saw this on their home page: “Proudly designed, assembled, and supported in the USA”. Doesn’t give much confidence, if you ask me. Key subsystems, fuselage/chassis, motors, control boards, etc made in China?
$5,000 reward????
i know! $5000. Must not be great drones? Was it like stealing a soft drink dispenser from the mess hall?
A light colored 4 door car, and a 4 door pickup. It would be reasonable to conclude that these vehicles were driven on base, and that the building the drones were likely on base as well, and that Fort Campbell has a perimeter fence. Either somebody checking ID’s at the gate screwed up royally, or it’s probably a couple of guys who have common white access cards.
“Key subsystems, fuselage/chassis, motors, control boards, etc made in China?”
Mostly not. Batteries are being rationed due to China sanctions.
“i know! $5000. Must not be great drones? Was it like stealing a soft drink dispenser from the mess hall?”
You don’t know.
Pretty lax base security.“
Yep.
That would be Fort Campbell I see.
I’d think functional base security would be a better expenditure.
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