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U.S. military uses laser to blast cartel drones at southern border
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What happenedU.S. military uses laser to criticizes cartel drones at southern border.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "U.S. military uses laser to blast cartel drones at southern border". The right frames it as "U.S. Military Lasers Shoot Down 3 Cartel Drones at Southern Border".
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CenterU.S. military uses laser to blast cartel drones at southern border
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Right / center-rightU.S. Military Lasers Shoot Down 3 Cartel Drones at Southern Border
U.S. military uses laser to blast cartel drones at southern border
The U.S. military said it blasted three cartel-linked drones out of the sky during the late-night hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, opening a new frontier in the shadow war at the southern bo...
