NORAD Commander Warns ‘Thousands’ of Drones Are Infiltrating US Airspace Across the Southern Border

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Thousands of unmanned drones may be transgressing U.S. airspace via the southern border every month, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot.
Gen. Guillot—who assumed command of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Northern Command (NORTHCOM) last month—was asked about the threat posed by unidentified drone aircraft operating on the Southern border during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. As the leader of NORAD and NORTHCOM, Gen. Guillot is responsible for maintaining the security of airspace across the North American continent, and security cooperation between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
“The number of incursions was something that was alarming to me as I took command last month,” Gen. Guillot told Senators on Thursday. “I don’t know the actual number. I don’t think anybody does. But it’s in the thousands.”
Citing conversations he’d had with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, Gen. Guillot estimated that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—colloquially known as drones—transgress the U.S. southern border at least a thousand times a month.