#military-response

#military-response

How it happened: The FAA's abrupt order to close El Paso's airspace for 10 days came after the Pentagon "was unable to meet the FAA's standards to guarantee safety of civilian aircraft," according to a source familiar with the decision. An administration official told Axios that the Pentagon had been responding to drone activity linked to Mexican cartels. There have been conflicting accounts from other officials and media reports. Early indications point to a communications breakdown between the FAA and the Pentagon.

Poland has shot down drones over its territory after repeated violations of its airspace during a Russian aerial attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said. During today's attack by the Russian Federation targeting targets in Ukraine, our airspace was repeatedly violated by drones, the Polish command said in a statement early on Wednesday. At the request of the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, weapons have been used, and operations are under way to locate the downed targets, the military said. The army said that Polish and NATO military aircraft had been mobilised to ensure airspace safety. Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness, the operational command said.

'It only took like 15 or 20 minutes for us to get out to the site, and the military was already there.'

Japan's Foreign Ministry formally protested the intrusion of a Chinese helicopter, citing a violation of its airspace and asserting territorial sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.