US military bases are ‘ill-equipped’ to stop drone swarms, top commander reveals after Rubio's UAP warning

A top commander responsible for defending the U.S. homeland warned Thursday that American military bases are "ill-equipped" to repel a swarm of small attack drones . The vulnerability that persists even as the Pentagon seeks billions for new counter-drone weapons, and Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard said the shortfall begins well before troops try to shoot down a drone. Some bases do not have the sensors to spot and track an incoming swarm or the weapons to take it out, the deputy commander of U.S.