March 13 (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee on Friday called for a government investigation into two recent incidents of the government’s use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas.
Senator Tammy Duckworth in a letter seen by Reuters asked the inspector generals for the Transportation, Homeland Security and Defense departments to jointly investigate the government’s use of counter drone high-energy laser weapons. She the Texas events near the Mexican border “raise serious questions regarding interagency coordination, notification procedures, aviation safety protocol, and compliance with federal law.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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