This came up earlier and made me pause. Over several days in March, more than a dozen unauthorized drones entered the restricted airspace over Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana. That’s the place that hosts B-52 bombers tied to our nuclear defense. Security teams reported multiple waves of drones flying different routes, sometimes for hours, and the base even shut its runway during some of it.
What’s unsettling is officials said the devices appeared to test responses and reportedly resisted jamming attempts. That puts aircraft at risk and, more broadly, crosses a line that’s not just unsafe but a federal crime. The FBI and local agencies are involved, and the base says they’re monitoring closely. No mention of suspects or a confirmed source yet…