Mick West
Mick West
socialJun 30𝕏

UAS (drone) incursions are a real and rapidly growing national security issue.

UAS (drone) incursions are a real and rapidly growing national security issue. But one thing this legislation fails to address is the massive impact of false positives. The NJ-focused drone panic of 2024-25 was almost entirely misidentification, mostly of distant planes, including by law enforcement and the military. Reliance on unconfirmed visual sightings as the rationale for specific actions (as is likely the case here, with Rep. Smith's proposal) risks the misdirection and misapplication...