# US tests counter-drone technology at Mexico border as cartel use rises

https://mins.news/en/video/86857

- Reuters, 2026-10-05 18:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6epswcua8

> The U.S. Army is testing counter-drone technology near the Mexico border to improve defenses against the growing use of drones by cartels and to replicate the rapid battlefield innovation seen in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

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