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Drone Activity On The Southern Border Appears To Plummet After U.S. Forces Use Laser Weapons To Take Them Down
CBS News and International Business Times describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedSince the U.S. military has begun using laser weapons systems to target suspicious drones along the southern border, drone activity in the area has dropped by as much as 75 percent, according to a report.
The headline splitInternational Business Times frames it as "Drone Activity On The Southern Border Appears To Plummet After U.S. Forces Use Laser Weap...". CBS News frames it as "Drone activity at U.S.-Mexico border drops sharply after laser weapon use, Pentagon says".
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Left / center-leftDrone Activity On The Southern Border Appears To Plummet After U.S. Forces Use Laser Weapons To Take Them Down
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Drone Activity On The Southern Border Appears To Plummet After U.S. Forces Use Laser Weapons To Take Them Down
Since the U.S. military has begun using laser weapons systems to target suspicious drones along the southern border, drone activity in the area has dropped by as much as 75 percent, accordi...
Drone activity at U.S.-Mexico border drops sharply after laser weapon use, Pentagon says
The U.S. military's use of a laser weapon to shoot down drones led to a nearly 75% drop in the aircrafts' activity at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Pentagon. CBS News' Eleanor Wa...
