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fluidcrufttoday at 2:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

NYT reports they're claiming it was about testing anti-drone tech at Fort Bliss.

> The brief shutdown was related to a test of new counter-drone technology by the military at nearby Fort Bliss Army base, according to a person briefed on the matter.


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jeffwasktoday at 2:26 PM

There is also a detention center at Fort Bliss from which some very unsettling reports have emerged.

philistinetoday at 2:35 PM

This is ridiculous and patently false. The US is equipped with many bases with permanent air space restrictions where they could perform such tests. It makes less than zero sense to test anti-drone tech in a crowded civilian space. I fully blame incompetence.

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SketchySeaBeasttoday at 2:26 PM

I'm not a huge fan of conspiracy theories, but starting a 240 hours closure, ending it after 4, and claiming it was a test? What sort of testing are they doing that they were off by two orders of magnitude about the duration?

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