#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days

No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”

In a move that appeared to surprise local officials & airlines, the restriction went into effect at 11:30PM local time Tuesday & will remain until Feb. 20 for the airspace over El Paso & the neighboring community #SantaTeresa, NM, the FAA notices said.

#Trump #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

The secretary of transportation said the military had neutralized a drug cartel drone. Two officials said testing of counter-drone technology prompted the closure. The F.A.A. initially said it would last 10 days.

The New York Times
Ukrainians develop new laser air defense system

Ukrainian engineers have developed and successfully tested a new laser-based air defense system called Sunray to counter enemy drones.

Ukrainian World Congress

@Nonilex In retrospect, watching the US and its Gulf clients burn through decades worth of supply of Patriot interceptors, at a 50:1 cost disadvantage, to shoot down Shaheds launched by Iran, nah: these people are too dumb to do this kind of math ahead of time.

I am sure there are still people in DoD who understand what is happening there, but clearly they are not giving orders and are not being listened to.