U.S. Army soldiers are taking out cartel drones at the southern border daily, Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle told The Daily Wire during a Thursday visit to the Arizona border.
“Just this morning, skilled Army soldiers used cutting-edge tools and techniques to take out cross-border drones affiliated with the cartels,” Telle said. “This is happening every single day, and the Army and our partners are evolving to meet changing threats.”
Telle, who was named acting Army secretary earlier this month, traveled to U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground to observe U.S. Northern Command’s Falcon Peak 26.2, a counter-drone exercise in which the military and industry test ways to stop small drones. He watched a demonstration of how systems detect a small drone, determine whether it’s a threat, and neutralize it.
Telle said the exercises apply lessons from ongoing conflicts to real-world training.
“We are using lessons learned from ongoing conflicts around the globe to constantly improve our use of low-cost, high-tech capabilities in real-world exercises, not on paper,” he said.
“Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary of War Hegseth, the Army is defending our homeland by strengt...