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🇺🇸 DOD | Secretary Pete Hegseth Announces Pentagon Counter-UAS Plan to Secure Airspace Against Drone

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

UAS conserve to target and bring harm on our warfighters, our people, our bases, and, and frankly, the sovereignty of our national airspace. And that's why today I'm directing the Secretary of the army to formally establish the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or JIATF 401. It's a new unified team that's going to bring together our best talent from all our agencies to counter these threats and restore control of our skies. (00:31–00:42)

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