Critics Rip Trump Admin After U.S. Shoots Down Its Own Drone

Critics have criticized President Donald Trump and his administration after a second large-scale crash in the airspace around El Paso, Texas, in less than a month.

The U.S. military reportedly used laser weapons to shoot down a drone near the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday. It turned out that the drone was operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration closed the El Paso airport and surrounding airspace earlier this month after CBP used a laser to shoot down a party balloon it mistook for a Mexican drug cartel drone. CBS News reports that the shutdown is also related to military testing of laser weapons and a dispute with the FAA over how to handle those weapons.

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In the latest case, the FAA closed the airspace but not the airports. The move did not affect commercial flights, the Associated Press reported.

Cartel drones have been spotted near the border with increased frequency. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that they are often “crudely adapted” off-the-shelf models used to monitor and deliver drug packages.

However, critics have blasted the Trump administration for deploying experimental weapons without even properly identifying targets:

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