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美国国防部周四表示，美军本周在美墨边境地区击落了3架据称由贩毒集团操控的无人机。
据负责北美部分军事防御行动的美国北方司令部透露，这3架无人机系统于周二深夜至周三凌晨被击落，使用的是“陆军多用途高能激光系统”。
击落无人机的是美军南部边境联合特遣部队，该部队隶属于美国北方司令部，但未具体说明无人机被击落的地点，也未指明它们所属的贩毒集团。美方未提供此次行动的更多细节。
2026年8月25日，美军在美墨边境使用陆军多用途高能激光系统击落一架无人机。 美国陆军照片/中士丹尼尔·韦尔塔
当被问及无人机是在美国还是墨西哥领空被击落时，美国北方司令部发言人告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：“此次射击行动与边境沿线所有合作伙伴协调进行。出于行动安全以及 ongoing 反贩毒和反无人机行动的需要，我们目前无法提供更多细节。”
美国北方司令部表示，这些无人机被认定为“敌对目标”，因为它们“在开展对美军人员和美国海关及边境保护局人员构成实际威胁的活动”。
南部边境联合特遣部队指挥官柯蒂斯·泰勒少将在一份声明中表示：“贩毒网络越来越多地使用无人机系统协助非法偷运人口，并主动监视我方人员和执法伙伴。通过整合分层反制措施与这类激光系统等先进定向能量能力，我们已明确表明，不会容忍敌对监视行为。”
今年2月，美军的一台激光武器在得克萨斯州西南部的胡克堡地区意外击落了一架美国海关及边境保护局的无人机。
同年同月早些时候，美国联邦航空管理局因与美国国防部就布利斯堡附近开展的军事无人机测试（消息人士称测试涉及高能激光系统）存在内部安全分歧，短暂关闭了埃尔帕索周边的商业空域。
时任美国交通部长肖恩·达菲当时表示，联邦航空管理局和国防部“迅速采取行动应对贩毒集团无人机入侵”，并称“威胁已常态化”。
内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校副教授、国家反恐创新、技术与教育中心战略举措主任奥斯汀·多克托罗今年2月对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，贩毒集团在边境附近使用无人机主要是为了监视，“以支持他们其他非法犯罪活动，包括走私毒品、人口、枪支和其他违禁品”。
多克托罗指出，贩毒集团尚未在美国境内使用武装无人机，但他们确实会在墨西哥境内使用无人机攻击敌对贩毒集团。
目前拥有约8000名美军人员的南部边境联合特遣部队于去年组建，以支持特朗普总统的移民打击行动。
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U.S. military uses laser to shoot down 3 cartel drones at southern border, Pentagon says
August 28, 2026 / 12:08 AM EDT / CBS News
By Faris Tanyos News Editor
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The U.S. military this week used a laser to shoot down three drones along the U.S.-Mexico border that were allegedly operated by drug cartels, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The three unmanned aircraft systems were shot down late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning using an “Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system,” according to U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for overseeing certain military defense operations in North America.
The drones were downed by the U.S. military’s southern border Joint Task Force, a unit of USNORTHCOM, which did not specify exactly where the drones were shot down, or which cartels they were believed to belong to. No details on the operation were provided.
A U.S. Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system is used to shoot down a drone along the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 25, 2026. U.S. Army Photo/Sgt. Daniel Huerta
Asked if the drones were shot down over U.S. or Mexican airspace, a USNORTHCOM spokesperson told CBS News that “the shots were taken in coordination with all partners operating along the border. Due to operational security reasons and ongoing counter cartel and counter drone operations, we do not have additional details to provide at this time.”
The drones were determined to be “hostile” because they were in “support of activities posing a physical threat to U.S. military personnel” and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USNORTHCOM said.
“Cartel networks are increasingly employing unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate illicit human-smuggling and actively spy on our personnel and law enforcement partners,” Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commander of the southern border’s Joint Task Force, said in a statement. “By integrating layered countermeasures alongside advanced directed-energy capabilities like this laser system, we have made it clear that we will not tolerate hostile surveillance.”
In February, a U.S. military laser accidentally shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in the Fort Hancock area in southwest Texas.
And earlier that same month, the Federal Aviation Administration briefly shut down commercial airspace around El Paso following an internal safety disagreement between the FAA and Pentagon over military drone tests that were being conducted near Fort Bliss that sources said involved a high-energy laser system.
At the time, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that the FAA and Defense Department had “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion” and that the “threat has been normalized.”
Austin Doctor, an associate professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the director of strategic initiatives at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, told CBS News in February that the cartels primarily use drones near the border for surveillance purposes “to support their other illegal criminal activities, including smuggling of narcotics, smuggling of persons, firearms, and other illicit goods.”
Doctor noted the cartels have not used weaponized drones inside the U.S., but they do use them inside Mexico to target rival cartels.
The southern border Joint Task Force, which has about 8,000 U.S. service members, was formed last year in support of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.