Army announces first joint response to combating weaponized drones

Published June 26, 2020 2:17pm ET



The Army announced that some of the top candidates to counter a battlefield threat U.S. Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie described as a “new component of warfare” could be bought at Costco and weaponized.

McKenzie warned Thursday about drones such as those used by the Islamic State against the American military in Syria and Iraq.

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